WARSAW—A Catholic archbishop and other speakers at the funeral Saturday of slain Gdansk Mayor Pawel Adamowicz urged an end to the political and social divisions in Poland, targeting some of their comments at the country’s ruling right-wing party. Women cry as they watch the funeral ceremony of the late mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamowicz, on a giant screen outside St Mary's Basilica (Bazylika Mariacka). It has drawn calls for greater national unity and condemnation of hate speech that has intensified in public amid political rivalries. He had called Gdansk a city of “freedom and Solidarity.”Article Continued BelowIn his sermon at the funeral, Gdansk Archbishop Slawoj Leszek Glodz said Adamowicz’s death was a ringing alarm bell. Residents told TVN24 that the mayor was a friendly person always ready to offer support, who greeted everyone with a smile.

Source: thestar January 19, 2019 19:52 UTC