... Baziak , now seated on a faldstool before the high altar . Amid a deep silence , Archbishop Baziak , assisted by two other bishops , placed the open Book of the Gospels , the yoke of Christ , on Wojtyła's bowed neck , then laid his ...

... Baziak, already established in Cracow as Sapieha's successor, had discussedWojtyla's futureat greatlength with the PrinceCardinal. Seemingly, the batonhad been passed. A few months later Baziak orderedWojtyla totake a twoyear leave of ...

... Baziak's thinking believe that he was still carrying out the instructions given him by Cardinal Sapieha just before his death, to look after Wojtyła's future. It is unknown what Sapieha had in mind for his protégé in terms of history ...

... Baziak its archbishop , as did the Church throughout Poland . Eugeniusz Baziak was a reserved , formal man who took the view that his task , at the apogee of Stalin - era repression , was to stand firm , rocklike , without ever lowering ...