The Senate is considering a step to defend the good name of St. John Paul II, aligning its stance with a resolution already adopted by the Sejm, according to PiS Senator Stanisław Karczewski. He confirmed plans to bring a similar measure before his parliamentary club for discussion and vote.
Last Thursday the Sejm approved a resolution defending the good name of St. John Paul II. The vote tally showed 271 MPs in favor, 43 opposed, four abstentions, and 142 deputies not casting a ballot. The document declares that the Sejm strongly condemns a media campaign that relies largely on materials associated with the communist apparatus of violence and that targets the Great Pope, Poland’s most revered historical figure.
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In a conversation with the Polish Press Agency, Karczewski stated that the Senate should pass a resolution with content similar to the Sejm’s. He noted his intention to discuss the idea with Marek Pęk, the Deputy Speaker of the Senate.
I will present to my club a proposal that mirrors the Sejm’s wording. I personally find the message compelling and worth supporting, he said, adding that the matter would be reported publicly in due course.
Details about the potential Senate action followed this line of discussion, with further statements indicating that the proposed text would emphasize respect for John Paul II and his legacy while condemning attempts to dampen his memory.
Earlier, on March 6, TVN 24 aired a program titled Franciszkiska 3 that looked into what the Kraków archdiocese’s former metropolitan, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, knew about cases of clerical abuse between 1964 and 1978. The broadcast highlighted the cases of three priests and examined how the church leadership responded at the time. Dutch journalist Ekke Overbeek, author of Maxima Culpa, contributed observations during the program, presenting a perspective on the broader debate around John Paul II’s legacy.
On March 9, the Sejm again weighed in with a resolution defending the good name of St. John Paul II. The document described the ongoing media campaign as an attempt to discredit the Polish pope using material that even the communist regime hesitated to publish. The resolution emphasizes John Paul II as a venerated figure of authority for Poland and for communities around the world, praising his testimony of faith, virtue, and patriotism. It also honors his contributions to Polish, European, and global history and states that the Sejm regards it as its duty to remind future generations of the pope’s commitment to human rights and social justice, with a focus on defending the rights of workers and the poor across the globe.
[Source: wPolityce]