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City of Gdańsk honours Archbishop Gocłowski

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Paweł Kononczuk 28.04.2016 15:10
Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski has been made an honorary citizen of Gdańsk.
Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski. Photo: Screenshot/Youtube.com/CzuwamyArchbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski. Photo: Screenshot/Youtube.com/Czuwamy

The decision by the City Council was adopted unanimously, with a citation noting that the history of Gdańsk over the past several decades has been inseparably linked to the archbishop.

It says that “the tenure of his pastoral service in the town coincided with some of the most turbulent and ground-breaking events in Poland’s history: martial law [imposed in December 1981] and attempts by the totalitarian regime to crush the freedom movement, the newly-revived hopes and the pilgrimages by Pope John Paul II, and, finally, the regaining of independence and the building of a free and democratic Third Republic.”

A week ago, Archbishop Gocłowski, who is 84, suffered a stroke. He is said to be in a serious condition.

In 2011, he received the Order of the White Eagle, the highest Polish state distinction. (mk/pk)

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