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Catholic News Service announced that the Vatican Press Office had issued a statement of support regarding Wielgus: "The Holy See, in deciding the nomination of the new archbishop of Warsaw, took into consideration all
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has been created to "maintain spiritual ties with our compatriots" as one of its leading organizers. According to the archive and other sources, Alexius has been working for the KGB as agent DROZDOV and received an honorary citation from the agency for a variety of services. Priests have also
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the circumstances of his life, including those regarding his past .... (Pope
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that "the number of priests that have collaborated with the
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it was not possible to advance in the Church hierarchy without the consent of and collaboration with the
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