(, "Our Daily") is a Polish-language traditionalist Catholic daily newspaper published six times a week in Warsaw, Poland. It is connected to the Lux Veritatis Foundation. Its viewpoint has been described as right-wing to far-right (harking back to the prewar National Democracy political movement), and is supportive of the traditionalist Catholicism "closed church".
History and profile was established in 1998. The paper is published by Spes Ltd.
is a right-wing to far-right publication whose editorial policies combine radical traditionalist Catholicism with Polish nationalism. Similarly to the closely linked Radio Maryja, the newspaper adheres to the "Closed Church" movement, which rejects the determinations of the Second Vatican Council. The newspaper was an influential antisemitic information channel.
Articles in have been supportive of conversion therapy (or "reparative therapy", ) for homosexuality which is viewed by as a form of disease or corruption. Robert Biedroń, president of Campaign Against Homophobia, filed a lawsuit against a columnist over references to homosexuality as a disease. Sociologist Adam Ostolski has compared homophobic discourse with the antisemitic discourse of the kindred of the 1930s. is known for opposing what it calls a "civilisation of death", and opposed the 2004 march against homophobia in Kraków.
The language and ideology of has been compared to the pre–World War II National Democracy () movement, which advocated an exclusionary definition of "Polishness" as associated with Catholicism. also frequently refers to the "Poles' Five Truths", a canon of national values first formulated in the late 1930s and cited by present-day Polish nationalists, which include the statement that "Our ancestors' faith is the faith of our children". During the public debate in Poland over the 1941 Jedwabne pogrom, denied Polish involvement and published antisemitic letters as well as "scholarly" articles explaining the pogrom as revenge for treasonous actions by Jewish communists. opposed a Polish national apology for Jedwabne as "unnecessary submission and compliance", which would invite further "demands, libel, accusations, and blackmail from the all-powerful Jewish lobby".Varieties of Antisemitism: History, Ideology, Discourse, chapter by Zygmunt Mazur, University of Delaware Press, page 195 During the debate over the Auschwitz cross, defended the cross, publishing articles on the matter that ranged from informative to antisemitic.
has opposed the enlargement of the European Union, in part due to concerns over prospective land sales to foreigners.The Post-Communist Condition: Public and private discourses of transformation, chapter by Michal Buchowski, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 33Beyond the Borders of Baptism: Catholicity, Allegiances, and Lived Identities, edited by Michael L. Budde, chapter by Slavica Jakelic, Cascade Books, page 107 Clergymen writing in have painted a picture of a modern-day Europe in which "dangerous others": liberals, Jews, atheists, masons gather; these opponents are also seen as having an internal "fifth column" inside Poland which is heretical and cosmopolitan.
initially refrained from reporting on the "sex affair" (:pl:Seksafera w Samoobronie) involving Andrzej Lepper and Stanisław Łyżwiński; however, after it became an allegedly political matter, articles on the subject referred to "conspiracy-related arguments" and alleged that was involved in a "coup d'état".The Post-Communist Condition: Public and private discourses of transformation, chapter by Natalia Krzyzanowska, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 120 Following the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash, wrote about Soviet-era atrocities such as the murder of priests and the Katyn massacre, using the adjective "Russian" instead of "Soviet" in an attempt to blame the modern Russian regime for past Soviet crimes. further compared the investigation of the crash, which it saw as faulty, with the Soviets' cover-up of the Katyn massacre.
editor-in-chief is Ewa Nowina Konopka, and one of its main sources of revenue is advertising at both local and national levels. Biura Ogłoszeń; Ogłoszenia wymiarowe i reklamy. Nasz Dziennik, 2011. Warsaw. is part of an independent Catholic media conglomerate founded by Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, director of the Lux Veritatis Foundation, which owns the Trwam TV channel and the Radio Maryja radio station. "Rydzyk to build leisure complex." Polskie Radio, Warsaw, 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
circulation was 129,500 in January–February 2001; about 150,000 in 2007. Nakłady wszystkich tytułów prasowych (PDF 133.6 KB) University of Zielona Góra, 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2011. According to the newspaper , alternate sources gave its 1999 circulation as 250,000 and its 1998 readership as 600,000.
Bookshops operates bookshops in Warsaw and Kraków.
TV Trwam presence journalists present their opinions every Friday night in ("Worth noting").
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Hanna Maria Kwiatkowska, "Conflict of Images, Conflict of Memories: Jewish themes in the Polish right-wing nationalistic press in the light of articles from Nasz Dziennik 1998-2007". Ph.D. thesis, University of London, 2008.