Roman Catholics in Poland have formed a protest committee in a bid to stop a concert in Warsaw by the U.S. singer Madonna on the day that the Catholic Church worldwide celebrates the assumption into heaven of Mary, the mother of Jesus."To make money by holding a concert on such a day by a singer with such a name is ethically dubious," said Grzegorz Kalwarczyk, chancellor of the Warsaw archdiocese. "Although it will probably go ahead, it is not surprising that people are voicing dissatisfaction, and protesting."
The priest was reacting to plans for the concert at the capital's Bemowo airport on the 15 August feast day, which is a public holiday in Poland. The word, "Madonna", from the Italian meaning "my lady", is a traditional way of referring to Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Catholic Church teaches that at the end of her life Mary, unlike other people, was taken up - or assumed - body and soul into heaven. Still, the superior of Poland's northern Jesuit region, Dariusz Kowalczyk, said he disagreed with the protests. "August 15 is not actually a bad day for a concert," the Jesuit priest was quoted as saying by Poland's Dziennik newspaper on 15 June. "I do not see why one cannot go to church first and have fun afterwards"Link (here)
Photo of Fr. Dariusz Kowalczyk, S.J.
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