Isakowicz-Zalecki determination
"The altar soy with the throne, or close connection of state power to ecclesiastical power, is very harmful. The consequence of the elections turns these accounts over, but in my opinion it can be beneficial for the Church," said Fr Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, known for his sincere statements.
Anti-German Rydzyk Obsession
Let us remind that for many years PiS has powerfully emphasized its relation with the community of Radio Maryja focused around father Tadeusz Rydzyk. The thing is, the Torun redemptorist has an opinion... of a businessman who puts his individual interests ahead of his ministry. At the end of the PiS rule, in July Rydzyk allowed himself to make a political message in the purest form:
“The rifles didn’t take us down, the camps didn’t take us down, they’re going to take us down,” said the manager of Radio Maryja in Częstochowa. The spiritual gathering at Jasna Góra turned into a political rally at Rydzyk's will.
– Apparently, Father Rydzyk felt threatened due to the fact that he is 1 of the biggest beneficiaries of European funds. Over the last 7 years, he has received these "owers" for various of his investments very much. The manager clearly believes that since he will not get the money, there is no reason for Poland to stay in the EU. For him, the only point of being in the European Union is that he was getting money. Law and Justice MEPs besides constantly talk about how much Poland is losing its membership in the EU, which does not prevent them from collecting salaries in Brussels all month. It's not even hypocrisy, it's cynicism. The EU is criticised, but on the another hand it is plucked from this Union – for itself, not for Poland – as much as possible. And erstwhile you can't choice it, you start telling Poles that you gotta leave the EU. For now, over 80 percent of Poles are against it. But as this communicative of politicians will increase, it may be that the support for Poland's membership in the EU will decrease," said Prof. Witold Orłowski of the Academy of Finance and Business Vistula.
As you can see, Father Rydzyk, alternatively of focusing on his ministry and spiritual aspects of life, expressed his Germanophobia, replicating the communicative of the ruling then. The engagement of clergymen in politics is not received positively by the majority of society, so the Toruń redemptorist clearly harmed the Law and Justice, which never limited relations with him.
“The Rainbow Plague” by Jędraszewski
The Hierarch, who in fresh years had bought in the favour of the Law and Justice, was Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski. He became known as a clergyman who utilized to usage aggressive, extremist language, discriminating the LGBT community.
The alignment of sexual minorities with communist criminals is bordering on absurdity, while Archbishop Jędraszewski decided at 1 time to make the following, detrimental part of the public opinion in our country analogy:
– The red plague already on our land all happiness does not go, which does not mean that there is no fresh 1 who wants to master our souls, hearts and minds. Not Marxist, Bolshevik, but born of the same spirit, neo-Marxist. Not red but rainbow – thunder.
At a time erstwhile secularization is increasing in Europe, as well as in Poland, specified statements only discourage young people in peculiar to the Church. Significantly, the Archbishop did not hide his sympathy for the PiS. At 1 time during mass in Wawel Cathedral, he stated with a patos: “Lech Kaczyński was equal to the kings.”
Judgment of the Constitutional Court
When in 2020 the Constitutional Court under the leadership of the Law and Justice Julia Przyłębska He tightened the abortion law, there was no shortage of reasoned comments that this was done at the request of the hierarchs of the Catholic Church. Under that ruling, a provision was deleted allowing the termination of pregnancy in a situation of severe and irreversible foetal impairment or incurable illness threatening his life. This decision led to a wave of protests across Poland.
The Women's Strike brought together quite a few demonstrators, and the Church, most likely insisting on tightening the right to interrupt pregnancy, did PiS a bear's favor. Breaking up with the “abortion compromise” led to the mobilisation of young voters who wanted to show PiS a red card for that deficiency of consideration and getting into ideological fanaticism.
The fresh coalition doesn't should be anti-clerical.
Let us point out that unless the fresh government coalition (KO, 3rd Way, Left) will surely not follow in the footsteps of the Law and will not be clerical formation, due to the fact that it brings together both very negative MPs of the Left, as well as average conservatives from the PSL and Poland 2050 Simon Holown, the Church will not be harmed. For this there will be no union of secular power with the spiritual one, as we have observed in fresh years and which has brought large harm to the imagery of the clergy.
It is said that the Left already pushes the concept of abortion "on request", while the 3rd Way does not intend to agree to include world-view issues specified as the right to abortion in the coalition agreement. The formation of Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Szymon Holownia argues that abortion may be 1 of the subjects in the referendum.
Polish Primate criticized the president of the Law and Justice
When PiS president Jarosław Kaczyński appeared during the XXXII Pilgrimage of the household Radio Maryja on Jasna Góra in Częstochowa, Polish primate Archbishop Wojciech Polak responded:
– The Church is not a place for a rally or political agitation," the hierarch commented.
As you can see, the PiS allowed itself besides much, strengthening cooperation with the Church. The party's leadership must have hoped that this would aid to consolidate the hard electorate, especially the elderly, who were zealous Catholics. If there is simply a sign of equality between the Law and the Church, political capital can be raised – the representatives of the United Right most likely came out of this assumption. The thing is, PiS has no monopoly on Catholicism in Poland. For example, it is hard to recognise the "Powszechny Tygodnik" environment as propisowskie, whether Fr Kazimierz Sowa, who frequently appeared in the favored KOs, has always been affirmative about the Law and Justice? I think that's a rhetorical question.
The PiS fell into a trap, trying to impose a narrative: “We are the protectors of the Church, the opposition is anti-cleric forces.” Time will show what it's like with this alleged anti-clericism of the future centre-left government.
