"The cardinal [Wyszynski] immediately planned a Great Novena of nine years from 1957 to 1966 in preparation for celebrating the millennium of Catholicism in Poland. A massive popular outpouring of support followed him wherever he went during those years. 1/

The Black Madonna of Czestochowa toured the country evoking immense spiritual emotion […] The movement grew so powerful that the government had to put a stop to the Black Madonna& #39;s circulation by "arresting" the icon. 2/
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THE CHURCH SENT THE EMPTY FRAME THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY; IT STILL DREW MASSES." End.

"The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A comprehensive world history", Robert Royal