Warsaw--a Polish cardinal has called for the resignation of a priest/broadcaster who is accused of anti-Semitic remarks on his conservative radio station, the International Herald Tribune reports.WARSAW -- A Polish cardinal has called for the resignation of a priest/broadcaster who is accused of anti-Semitic remarks on his conservative radio station, the International Herald Tribune International Herald TribuneDaily newspaper published in Paris. It has long been the staple source of English-language news for American expatriates, tourists, and businesspeople in Europe. reports. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz said there was a "threat that the church in Poland is being identified solely with the position of Radio Maryja Not to be confused with Italy-based international Catholic radio broadcasting service Radio Maria. Radio Maryja is a nationalist, conservative, anti-post-communists and allegedly anti-Semitic radio station and media group, describing itself as Catholic and patriotic, founded in ," the station of Father Tadeusz Rydzyk The Reverend Tadeusz Rydzyk, also known as Father Director and Father Founder (Polish: Ojciec Dyrektor, Ojciec Założyciel), born May 3, 1945 in Olkusz, is an influential Roman Catholic priest and Redemptorist, creator and head of the controversial . Rydzyk, who has been accused of calling Jews Jews [from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism. greedy, has said his statements were not meant to offend, although Israeli and international Jewish groups have long claimed his views were anti-Semitic. |
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