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was beatified in Poland Father Jerzy Popieluszko, martyr of communism

The Sunday, June 6, during a celebration held in the plaza Józef Pilsudski, the Polish capital, Warsaw, attended by over a thousand priests and tens of thousands of faithful , was beatified Father Jerzy Popieluszko, martyr killed by the police of the communist regime on 19 October 1984.

Popieluszko Father "with the only spiritual weapons of truth, justice and charity sought to keep and bear witness to the freedom of conscience as a citizen and a priest."

He said Archbishop Angelo Amato SDB , prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Santos, during the Mass of beatification of the Polish priest, who presided on behalf of Benedict XVI .

The father was a chaplain Popieluszko union Solidarnosc (Solidarity), an autonomous and independent trade union federation Polish, born of the worker and peasant struggles for freedom and against the socialist state.

Before the Mass, prayed the rosary which was chaired by Marianna Popieluszko, mother of the new priest blessed, 90 years of age .

faithful participated in the celebration of different parts of Poland and members of Solidarnosc.

in the square waved flags of Poland and of this union and sensed the excitement and fervor of the thousands of Polish faithful.

About

hundred bishops (many of them cardinals and archbishops), concelebrated the Eucharist. Among them was the Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

cardinals also Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow (Poland), Józef Glemp, archbishop emeritus of Warsaw (Poland) , Franciszek, archbishop of Krakow (Poland), Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz, retired archbishop of Wroclaw (Poland), Adam Joseph Maida, archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Kazimierz Swiatek, Archbishop Emeritus of Minsk-Mogilev (Belarus) .

also concelebrated the apostolic nuncio in Poland, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk, the Primate of Poland, Archbishop Kazimierz Nycz, archbishop of Warsaw, and several prelates from neighboring Czech Republic, Lithuania, Belarus (Belarus) and Ukraine.

In his homily, Archbishop Amato said "the sacrifice of the priest was not a defeat, because their tormentors could not kill the truth."

"The tragic death of our martyr was the beginning of a general conversion of hearts to the Gospel," he said, adding that "The death of the martyrs is the seed of new Christians."

After the Mass of beatification of Blessed Popieluszko relics were taken in a procession that traveled 14 kilometers from Warsaw.