Poland's new primate When news of the appointment broke last week, the leader of the Communist Party joined the nation's President and Premier in sending congratulations.
The government newspaper declared that the new man "enjoys the sincere and warm approval of the state." The subject of all this attention was a short, stout farmer's son named Jozef Glemp, who was named Archbishop of Gniezno and Warsaw and Roman Catholic Primate of Poland. "I want peace and unity for the whole nation," he promptly declared.
With Poland's internal wrangling and threats from the Soviet Union,...
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