{"id":816,"date":"2025-11-10T13:13:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewtnromania.com\/2025\/11\/10\/honoring-blessed-jerzy-popieluszko-the-priest-who-defied-communism\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:13:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:13:32","slug":"honoring-blessed-jerzy-popieluszko-the-priest-who-defied-communism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/2025\/11\/10\/honoring-blessed-jerzy-popieluszko-the-priest-who-defied-communism\/","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Blessed Jerzy Popie\u0142uszko: The Priest Who Defied Communism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: Who was Blessed Jerzy Popie\u0142uszko?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He was a Polish priest assassinated in 1984 by the Communist Security Service, known for his sermons on truth and freedom during communist oppression.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What happened to Father Popie\u0142uszko?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He was kidnapped, beaten to death, and his body was thrown into a water reservoir by agents of the Communist Security Service.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: When was Father Popie\u0142uszko beatified?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He was beatified in 2010 under Pope Benedict XVI, recognizing him as a martyr for faith and justice.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What is the Blessed Jerzy Popie\u0142uszko Foundation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: It is an organization established by his brother and nephew to preserve his memory, spread his values among young people, and is currently building a museum in his birth village.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Why did family members of Father Popie\u0142uszko meet Pope Leo XIV?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: They met him during a Wednesday audience to ask for a blessing on a symbolic coal stone for the museum and expressed hope for Father Popie\u0142uszko&#8217;s canonization.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What was Father Popie\u0142uszko&#8217;s core message?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: His enduring message was to &#8220;Overcome evil with good,&#8221; emphasizing faith, forgiveness, and moral courage.<\/p>\n\nThis is a summary of the article from https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/jerzy-popieluszko-the-priest-who-defied-communism. Visit this link to view more.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/jerzy-popieluszko-the-priest-who-defied-communism","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Who was Blessed Jerzy Popie\u0142uszko? A: He was a Polish priest assassinated in 1984 by the Communist Security Service, known for his sermons on truth and freedom during communist oppression. Q: What happened to Father Popie\u0142uszko? A: He was kidnapped, beaten to death, and his body was thrown into a water reservoir by agents [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewtn.dk\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}