The separation of the Church from the State does not matter. Poles forced to mourn – we uncover the position of the RPO

Zdjęcie: Marcin Wiącek - Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich


Andrzej Duda and Donald Tuski bring national mourning in Poland after the death of Jorge Mario Bergoglio – Pope Francis. The regulation on this substance has already been published in the authoritative diary of the Laws: this is crucial, due to the fact that the form of the regulation depends on the details of mourning. According to the law, it is the president who fines the trial. The Prime Minister simply accepted it without question – although he did not have to. How is the formal separation of the Church from the state in relation to the national mourning of the late pope of Argentina? We asked the Ombudsman.