WORLD : Cardinal Glemp Has Surgery
Cardinal Jozef Glemp, leader of Poland’s powerful Roman Catholic Church, was in serious condition today after emergency surgery to stop bleeding in his digestive system, state-run media said.
Glemp, 61, was in intensive care at a large provincial hospital in the Praga section of Warsaw, church officials said. A spokesman at the cardinal’s residence said Glemp’s “state of health is improving.”
The official PAP news agency said President Wojciech Jaruzelski visited Glemp in the hospital after the surgery Tuesday night.
Glemp has been primate since 1981 and a cardinal since 1983. Under his leadership, the church gave support to the banned Solidarity movement and participated in the negotiations that led to the union’s legalization in April and eventually to the dismantling of the Communist hold on power.
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