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Cross at Warsaw palace divides church and nation

A huge makeshift wooden cross in front of Warsaw's presidential palace honouring former president Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a 10 April air crash, continues to cause tension in Poland, reports Ecumenical News International.

The dispute over the cross has led the primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland, Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk, to criticise Catholic protesters who had been refusing to allow the cross to be removed.

"None of this has anything to do with a true Catholic conscience or the genuine attitude of a Christian, of a believing person who loves the cross and finds inspiration in it," said Kowalczyk, who was installed as archbishop of Gniezno and the church's primate on 26 June. "What we are seeing is an unedifying, shameful manipulation of the cross. I ask everyone involved in any way to stop."

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[08/25/2010]

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