sentences:  In 2008, Pieronek received the "Jan Karski Eagle Award" to honour Pieronek's combat for tolerance and his efforts to fight against the "extremism" and alleged "antisemitic tendencies" of Radio Maryja, led by Redemptorist Father Tadeusz Rydzyk C.Ss.R.In his later years, Pieronek supported the social project of the "Children's Hospice „Father Józef Tischner”" in the city of Cracow.Bishop Pieronek supported the work of the Open Society Institute of George Soros.