POLAND
The Eagle
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Wojciech Polak as the new primate, or honorary leader, of Poland’s influential Roman Catholic Church.
The 49-year-old Polak succeeds Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk, who resigned in August after reaching the retirement age of 75. Kowalczyk was first papal nuncio in democratic Poland in 1989-2010.
Poland’s Episcopate said Saturday that the inauguration ceremony for Polak will be held June 7 in Poland’s historic capital of Gniezno, at the cathedral that dates back to the 10th century.
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