Waldemar Chrostowski

Monsignor Waldemar Chrostowski (b. 1 February 1951 in Chrostowo) is a Polish Catholic priest, Bible scholar, theologian and writer. He was the co-winner of The Ratzinger Prize for 2014, which, according to "Jewish Political Studies Review", is frequently known as "Nobel Prize for Catholic theology". 
Chrostowski was educated at the Pontifical Biblical Institute (1978–1983) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1979–1980). In the post-Communist era he was a figure in Catholic/Jewish relations, and until 1998, he was the chairman of the Polish Council of Christians and Jews. At times a controversial presence in that field as he faced criticism by Father Stanisław Musiał on the issue of antisemitism. Chrostowski is critical of a "climate of philo-Semitism" that he believes has overcome the Catholic Church. According to Chrostowski, while Christians seek "objective good", "Jews, on the other hand, ask what is good for the Jews". Chrostowski also claimed that "the Holocaust was organized in Poland in order to destroy the good name of Poland".