The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-06-28

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turn 10 Warsaw last October
2s after three years IS . Red
captive, His Eminence Stefan
Cardinal Wyszynski has stead
fastly turned away newspaper
men from many countries who
pounded on his door for an in
terview. But Just before wind
ing up his 40-day visit TO Rome
and Italy, he broke his rigid
rule TO answer questions put
10 him by Rome Bureau OF the
N.c.W.c. NEWS SERVICE
whose eorrespon n q enfs had
previously tried in vain to in
ferview the Cardinal in Poland.
copyright, 1857, N.c.W.c.
NEWS sERvlcEl
ROME - In a historic in
terview - his first since his
arrest by the Polish com
munists in 1858 - the Card.
nal-Primate of Poland out
lined his program for making
Poland a model Christian nation
His Eminence Stefan csrdi-
nal Wysxynski told the N.c.W.c.
News Service that the Polish
Church is launching q cam
paisn FOR q spiritual rehirfh in
which the whole nation will
"live in the spirit OF social
Justice and brotherly love-" To
eliminate in 1865, the l,o0oth
anniversary OF the conversion
OF Poland, the program in
eludes the education OF youth
"in the spirit Of the Gospel se-
ecrding to Christian customs
and ancestral traditions" and
the hanishnenf OF such evils
as abortion, marital infidelity
and divorce.
In the course of the interview
Cardinal Wyszynski said he j
deeply grateful for the con
tinuing aid given by Polish Cath
olics of America to the Polisl
seminary in Paris and Polish ins
titutions in Rome. The 56-year
old prelate said the plight o
those institutions had caused hin
anxiety during his three-year i'm
prisonment, and that he learne'
on his release of the "generou
help" sent them by the American
Polish community.
AT the same time, the Cardina
made an appeal for prayers TO
Poland that she remain loyal 4
the Church and the Pope as il
the past.
Reluctant TO touch on poiit-
icaI matters in his communist
fsfherIsnd, Cardinal Wys1ynski
answered four questions deal
ing with presenf-dsy Poiand's
spiritual condition and his pro-
gram FOR The future. He gave
q written reply TO three OF the
questions and answered one
other orally shortly before en-
training for the Corpus Christi
celebration in Warsaw.
The question the Primate al
swered orally just before his d'
parture asked his greatest sorro'
and his greatest comfort durin
his years as a prisoner.
The greatest sorrow, he n
piled, was the knowledge tn;
the Polish Church was being pc
secuted. Thus his consta n
thoughts were of the seriou
harm being caused to many soul
and that many bishops an
priests were being deprived I
the freedom necessary to fulfil
the mission entrusted to them /
Christ, he said.
At fhe same time, I've wa:
plagued by fhe thought of the
millions Of faithful - especial
| Iy the youth who were be
ing subjected TO intensified
Marxisf and snfi-christian ed
uestion which could not bs
eovnferbaianeed because of fhs
restrictions I'm posed on the
Hierarchy. He said II wss there
fore q great sorrow for hin
not 10 be able 70 be near HI,
sons when they needed hin
most.
Cardinal Wyszynski said h
greatest spiritual joy was
knowing that he had been worth
of suffering for having preache
in the Name of Jesus.
1t was at this point In the 1
terview that the Cardinal a
pealed to Polish Catholics in Il