"Enough waiting, time for action". Minister takes on the Church Fund

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Agnieszka Dzimianowicz-Bąk.

"I have submitted an application for inclusion in the list of legislative work of the government of the draft MRPiPS Act, which liquidates the Kościelny Fund", Minister Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk wrote on social media. The head of the ministry besides announced a conference on the financing of clergy and the Church.

"Enough waiting, time for action. I have submitted a proposal for inclusion in the list of legislative work of the government of the draft bill of the Ministry of the Labour household and Social Policy liquidating the Church Fund," she wrote on social media Agnieszka Dziemianovich-Bąk.

Elimination of the Church Fund

The chief of the department reported that on Monday the candidate left for president – Magdalena Biejat, with Anna Maria Żukowska and a marshal The Blacksmith will present the scale of the Church's backing by the state and plan for change.

"One component of this change is and must be the liquidation of the Church Fund. We made specified a commitment as a Left to Poles in the election campaign. However, we were not alone in this – this postulate besides appears in 100 specifics KO“” added Dziemianovich-Bąk.

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The Minister recalled that the liquidation of the fund was the nonsubjective of Prime Minister Donald Tusk Interministerial Church Fund Group, which has existed since January 2024. “Enough waiting, time for action – time for the bill!” stressed the minister.

Anna Maria Żukowska On Friday, she announced a conference on the secular state and backing of the Church. The head of the left-wing club promised to submit an interpelled with an exact enquiry about spending on the church.

Church Fund – hundreds of millions from the state

In 2025, the Church Fund will be over 275 million PLN from the state budget. Although the current government announced the liquidation of this fund, or its limitation, the amount is 20 million more than last year. 95 per cent of it is contributions to social safety for clergy.

The remaining 5% are usually allocated to charitable activities, renovations, preservation of historical sacral objects. The Church Fund works for about 170 Churches and another spiritual unions with regulated legal status.