“Free Father Michał Olszewski, a prisoner of conscience in Poland!” – banners with this appeal (in Polish, English and Italian) were carried by Poles gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus prayer on September 22.
Exaudi told the story of this charismatic Polish priest, Dehonian, head of the Profeto Foundation who, for obvious political revenge, has been under “exploratory arrest” for six months without trial, with ever new accusations, but not very credible, which only serve to keep him in prison. ( https://www.exaudi.org/it/polonia-arrestare-un-sacerdote-per-vendetta-politica/ ).
The initiative was promoted by members of the club of the conservative Polish weekly “Gazeta Polska” (The Polish Newspaper) and in particular by the Polish journalist Mariusz Talarek who is one of the initiators of the Rosary which is recited in front of the detention centre in Służewiec in Warsaw and in Grochow, where Father Olszewski and the two employees of the Ministry of Justice involved in the same trial are being held prisoner: Mrs Karolina and Mrs Urszula.
Talarek is very skeptical about the situation in Poland where there are cases like that of Father Olszewski, a prisoner of conscience. “Bad things are happening,” says the journalist. “We are paralyzed by this situation, helpless in the face of what is happening in Poland. In fact, there is little we can do except protest and pray. Through our physical presence in front of the prison where Father Michal is being held, we want to show him our solidarity and spiritual closeness.”
According to Talarek, “the independent media keep us updated on what is happening to Father Olszewski, but, unfortunately, the official Polish media and the global mainstream media are silent and do not provide reliable information about the priest.” Hence the idea of coming to the Vatican and to St. Peter’s Square during the Angelus to remind the whole world what is happening to a priest in Poland. “We wanted this message to reach Pope Francis as well,” the journalist confides.
Anyone who would like to comment or leave a word of support for Father Michal Olszewski can do so on the Profeto Foundation page.
Here is the link: https://profeto.pl/komentarze/dodaj/82
