Blessed Stefan Wyszyński: Imprison a Cardinal — He Becomes Even Stronger, Primate of the Millennium

Out of the burning capital, Wyszyński found a prophetic, charred piece of paper with the words ‘You will love’ — his new calling

Blessed Stefan Wyszyński marking 1,000 years of Polish Christianity on August 15, 1966. Public domain photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Saints inspire new ones. Blessed Stefan Wyszyński became “uncrowned king of Poland, by exerting a true authority all others lacked.

Wyszyński, who mentored St. John Paul the Great, was beatified on September 12 along with Mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka.

“Both were familiar with the cross firsthand,” Pope Francis said, stressing Wyszyński, “was arrested and imprisoned, was always a courageous pastor,” while “Sister Elżbieta, who as a young girl lost her sight, devoted her whole life to assisting the blind.”

“On it, he read these words: ‘You will love’”

Stefan Wyszyński: Public domain portrait by Janusz Trocha via Wikimedia Commons.

The two new Blesseds first met in 1926. They organized a field hospital during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising when Poles rose against their Nazi German captors (as the Soviet communist troops watched from across the river). The…