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Polish Roman Catholic magazine

Tygodnik Powszechny (, The Common Weekly) is a Polish Roman Catholic weekly magazine, published in Kraków, which focuses on social, cultural and political issues. It was established in 1945 under the auspices of Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha. Jerzy Turowicz was its editor in chief until his death in 1999. He was succeeded by Adam Boniecki, a priest. Tygodnik Powszechny often covers politics, religion, culture, society, Polish Jewish relations and international affairs. Its foreign department publishes stories by correspondents all over the world, including Europe, the United States, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Cardinal Adam Stefan Sapieha helped found the weekly magazine Tygodnik Powszechny, whose first edition was published on 24 March 1945, during the closing months of World War II. Initially, its editorial staff had four people: Jan Piwowarczyk, a priest; Jerzy Turowicz, editor in chief for many years; Konstanty Turowski and Maria Czapska. Later, they were joined by Zofia Starowieyska–Morstinowa, Stefan Kisielewski, Leopold Tyrmand, Antoni Gołubiew, Paweł Jasienica (until he was arrested by the communists in 1948), Stanisław Stomma, Hanna Malewska and Józefa Golmont–Hennelowa. In 1953, the weekly was suspended and lost its printing house after it had refused to print the obituary of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. From 1953 to 1956, it was published by new editors, representing the pro government PAX Association

In April 2007, the ITI Group purchased 49% of the magazine. Since 5 December 2007, Tygodnik Powszechny has been published in a smaller size. Its format and editorial staff were also changed. In 2014, the magazine has changed its logo, layout and the format to attract younger readers.

Tygodnik Powszechny has tried to reconcile the values of liberalism with the principles of faith. It has presented an open ecumenical view of Polish Catholicism, called by the editors an 'open Catholicism'. Its goal is a dialogue. Persons with non Catholic ideas are invited to take part in printed debates. According to an analysis by Jarosław Gowin, presented in his book Kościół w czasach wolności ("Church in the Times of Freedom"), the magazine is one of the main representatives of "open" Catholicism, inspired by Catholic personalism. Sergiusz Kowalski, who analysed the history of the journal from 1993 to 1995, wrote, "The authors of Tygodnik Powszechny appreciate moderation, openness, readiness to dialogue and compromise, looking for a modus vivendi between liberal democracy and Church, between modernity and tradition" (Kowalski 1997: 148).