The Statement of the Permanent Council of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Poland Regarding the Polish National Broadcasting Council's Refusal to Grant Digital Broadcasting Rights to TV Trwam
The Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops Conference emphatically appeals for a change of position by the Polish National Broadcasting Council (KRRIT) in the ongoing process of licensing, in order to grant TV Trwam a place (broadcast frequency) in the digital broadcasting multiplex.
The exclusion of a station with a religious orientation violates the principles of pluralism as well as equality under the law, especially since most of the citizens of our country are Catholics.
They should be assured free access to the programs of TV Trwam in our digital television system. Numerous viewers, among them many ill and lonely persons, expect to continue to be able to watch Catholic programming.
We trust that TV Trwam, which has been broadcasting for over eight years and demonstrates financial stability, will be included in the digital television system of Poland.
The members of the Permanent Council of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Poland:
Abp. Józef Michalik - Chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Poland (The Episcopate of Poland)
abp Stanisław Gądecki - Vice Chairman of the CCB
abp Józef Kowalczyk - prymas Polski
kard. Stanisław Dziwisz - metropolita krakowski
kard. Kazimierz Nycz - metropolita warszawski
bp Wojciech Polak - sekretarz generalny KEP
abp Andrzej Dzięga
abp Sławoj Leszek Głódź
abp Marian Gołębiewski
bp Edward Dajczak
bp Kazimierz Ryczan
bp Andrzej Suski
biskup pomocniczy Marek Jędraszewski
Warsaw, January 16, 2012
(Translated from the original Polish by the PHI)
The exclusion of a station with a religious orientation violates the principles of pluralism as well as equality under the law, especially since most of the citizens of our country are Catholics.
They should be assured free access to the programs of TV Trwam in our digital television system. Numerous viewers, among them many ill and lonely persons, expect to continue to be able to watch Catholic programming.
We trust that TV Trwam, which has been broadcasting for over eight years and demonstrates financial stability, will be included in the digital television system of Poland.
The members of the Permanent Council of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Poland:
Abp. Józef Michalik - Chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Poland (The Episcopate of Poland)
abp Stanisław Gądecki - Vice Chairman of the CCB
abp Józef Kowalczyk - prymas Polski
kard. Stanisław Dziwisz - metropolita krakowski
kard. Kazimierz Nycz - metropolita warszawski
bp Wojciech Polak - sekretarz generalny KEP
abp Andrzej Dzięga
abp Sławoj Leszek Głódź
abp Marian Gołębiewski
bp Edward Dajczak
bp Kazimierz Ryczan
bp Andrzej Suski
biskup pomocniczy Marek Jędraszewski
Warsaw, January 16, 2012
(Translated from the original Polish by the PHI)
