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41st year  -  N° 120                 Thursday, 30 April 2026         Antwerpen		
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Friday 19th of October 1984
42 years, 5 months and 18 days ago




Catholic priest and martyr Jerzy Popiełuszko is beaten to death by Security Police officers Captain Grzegorz Piotrowski, Leszek Pękala and Waldemar Chmielewski at the age of 37 in Włocławek, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Poland.


Popiełuszko's body was found 10 days later in the Vistula Water ReservoirPopiełuszko has been recognized as a martyr by the Roman Catholic Church and was beatified on 6 June 2010 by Archbishop Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Benedictus XVI.