On October 19, 1984, while returning home from a prayer service Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko was abducted, tortured and killed by the Secret Service.
His funeral Mass drew tens of thousands who wished to honour the life of this brave priest who spoke openly about the oppression of the communist government of the time.
To those of us in the west, the story is sad, but to the Polish the death of this local hero in an attempt to silence his dissodence lead to further uprising and eventually the liberation of Poland.
Because this priest went to his death in defence of this country and his religion he is to be Beatified, the third of four steps towards canonization (becoming a saint), on June 6, 2010, by Pope Benedict XVI.
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