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14 AUG/ After a midnight rally in Warsaw saw thousands of mostly young people demanding the removal of a wooden cross in front of the presidential palace that was erected in memory of the late President Lech Kaczynski, the controversy finally stirred the Catholic Church into action. Officials had tried to move it to a nearby church last week but were prevented by hundreds of praying demonstrators. The protestors complained about what they see as a small, ultra-religious minority defying the country's authorities and laws. "If this happened in Germany or France, the police would just remove the cross. But here you have blackmail," said Michal Buczynski, a 28-year-old economist. The Catholic Church is now calling on all sides to find a compromise in a dispute it claimed was being exploited for political reasons.
