Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus

Follow breaking news about Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus and share opinions about his case. According to wikipedia.org, Stanislaw Wojciech Wielgus (born 23 April 1939, Wierzchowiska) is the former Archbishop of Warsaw. He was appointed to the position of Archbishop by Pope Benedict XVI on 6 December 2006. Having assumed the office on 5 January 2007, he resigned from the position on 7 January 2007, less than an hour before his public installation ceremony because of a scandal connected with his cooperation with the Służba Bezpieczenstwa - the Polish Communist Secret Police.

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Vatican said it didn't know about Stanislaw Wielgus background

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Linked from http://www.poland.pl/news/article,Vatican_says_it_knew_nothing_of_Wielguss_past,id,252541.htm
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The Vatican did not know that Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus had collaborated with Poland's communist secret police when Pope Benedict nominated him last month to the prestigious post of Metropolitan of Warsaw.

Archbishop Stanislaw Wielgus resigned on Sunday after admitting that in communist times he had been a collaborator of the secret police.

Last month, the Pope defended Wielgus and the Vatican sent out a statement saying it had taken his past into account when it elevated the former bishop of Plock to the position in Warsaw.

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, head of the Congregation for Bishops, told Italian daily "Corrierre della Sera" that Pope Benedict himself decided on the dismissal of the Archbishop. Unofficial sources add that the decision followed a telephone conversation with Polish President Lech Kaczynski.

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