Polish official says lack of funds halts work on Warsaw basilica

Published: 2005-08-01

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- A Polish church official said work on a massive new basilica in Warsaw, built in thanksgiving for the collapse of communism and the pontificate of Pope John Paul II, would be halted by the end of the year because of lack of funding. "Legal uncertainties and changing interpretations of the regulations have ensured few firms decided to give support," Father Bogdan Leszczewicz, project director for the Church of Divine Providence, told Poland's Catholic Information Agency, KAI, July 27. "Unfortunately, although there've been many private funders, their joint donations often aren't enough to cover even a single invoice."

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