Jerzy Turowicz [SEP] occupation
Jerzy Turowicz
Jerzy Turowicz (; 10 December 1912 – 27 January 1999) was a leading Polish Catholic journalist and editor for much of the post-Second World War period. He was editor of the Catholic weekly "Tygodnik Powszechny" from 1945 until his death in 1999, except for three years in the early 1950s.
Early life and education.
Turowicz was born on 10 December 1912 in Kraków, the son of Klotylda (Turnau) and August Turowicz, a judge.
In 1930, he joined a Catholic
the Holocaust in World War II.
Since the 1990s, a part of the church hierarchy has criticized "Tygodnik Powszechny" for what they consider its overly liberal outlook. (It does not reflect the parochial distribution of the magazine.)
In 1998, Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz produced the documentary, "Ordinary Kindness" ("Zwyczajna dobroć"), telling the story of editor Jerzy Turowicz.
In 1999, following the death of Jerzy Turowicz, Father Adam Boniecki became the chief editor.
In April 2007