Walesa's priest on politics

From page 1 Lopatka, to discuss the possibility of the lifting of martial law next month.
Mr Walesa has so far spent his first few days of freedom very quietly, and he disappointed thousands of supporters in his home city of Gdansk on Sunday when he failed to turn up for a Mass at a local church and walked instead to a service at a chapel near his home. But he surprised observers by making a solitary visit to the same church on Monday. Marching past a handful of startled worshippers, Walesa knelt alone and prayed silently at the altar in St Brigyda's church which is dedicated to independent unionists killed during the period since the imposition of martial law in December last year.
Walesa declined to speak to reporters outside the church, but Fr Henryk Jankowski, his priest, said: "He can see the support in society."
Fr Jankowski said that Walesa reacted "positively" to the signs of support, but had decided at the last minute to avoid Sunday's crowd and pray at St Kazimier's, the small chapel near his home.
Walesa had received so many calls asking him to attend the Mass at St Brigyda's that "he was afraid there could be some sort of provocation."
The priest, who had accompanied Walesa during his meeting with Archbishop Glemp said that the two had discussed the "current political situation face-to-face," and that Walesa had thanked the Church leader for intervening with the government to obtain his release.