Vatican said it didn't know about Stanislaw Wielgus background

Sun, 8 Jan 2007 18:43:37 GMT

posted by Tony
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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Sun, 8 Jan 2007 18:34:41 GMT

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