Criticism
In the time of the People’s Republic of Poland (PRL), Tygodnik Powszechny was considered as the magazine which, in some extent (determined by the censorship), could contain views critical to the communist authorities. After 1989, the magazine became the representative of one option in a dialogue within the Church, called “open Catholicism”, which caused a wave of criticism from people of other circles. After 1989, Tygodnik Powszechny was also assigned to represent only one political circle (the Democratic Union, later transformed into the Freedom Union) – because many people involved in the magazine participated in political changes (Józefa Hennelowa, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Krzysztof Kozłowski). The critics of this Cracow weekly magazine often quote the letter written by John Paul II, which they received on 15 May 1995 on the occasion of the magazine’s 50th anniversary.
Opponents of Tygodnik Powszechny accuse the magazine of deciding on liberal trend and in even left-wing Catholicism. Jerzy Robert Nowak, the historian and publicist who has connections with the major Catholic weekly Niedziela, described the “betrayal of ideals” of John Paul II and the Church committed by Tygodnik Powszechny in his book Obłudnik Powszechny (2002) - transl. The Common Canter.
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