On this day, 44 years ago, May 28, 1981 (April 25, 1981 in the lunar calendar), Polish Cardinal Vysinsky passed away. Cardinal Vizinsky On May 28, 1981, Cardinal Stefan Vizinsky died of gastric cancer at the age of 79. He was the bishop of Warsaw and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Poland. During World War 2, Vysinsky actively participated in the anti-fascist struggle. In 1948, when the Republican Party took power in Poland, he was appointed archbishop. He has undergone a great change in his attitude towards the government. During the Stalin era, he strongly opposed the government; when the government later adopted moderate policies, he began to coexist and cooperate peacefully with it. During last summer's strike, Vysinsky acted as a mediator for Communist Party leader Stanislav Kanya and Solidarity leader Lecchi Walesa.