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For whom the bell doesn’t toll: controversy breaks out after cathedral bell fails to ring for new president

07.08.2025, 11:00

The Royal Sigismund Bell in the city’s Wawel Cathedral was meant to ring in honor of the swearing in of Karol Nawrocki — The Royal Sigismund Bell in the city’s Wawel Cathedral was meant to ring in honor of the swearing in of Karol Nawrocki. Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Too few bell-ringers showed up to safely toll the colossal bell.