After the war August Hlond
hlond s tombstone in chapel of st. john baptist in st. john s cathedral in warsaw
pope pius xii appointed hlond archbishop of warsaw, on 4 march 1946 , installed on may 30th, amid immense crowds of supporters. polish church faced great challenges: thousands of polish clergy had been killed nazis, , church , soviet-sponsored new regime in poland clash. hlond set placing bishops on empty sees , reconnecting church rome.
he spoke out against communist persecution of church. issued series of pastoral letters on behalf of polish church regarding new poland, these faced censorship @ hands of new regime, , government launched nationalisation of church schools. in may 1947 pastoral letter, hlond wrote since days of st. peter, church has not been subjected persecution such subjected today . following hlond s death in 1948, tablet wrote nations of eastern europe lie today beneath police-regimes imposed moscow lost powerful spokesman .
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