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Przygotowania do Soboru Watykańskiego II w opinii polskich dyplomatów

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Kucharski W.

Dzieje Najnowsze

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2016

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vol. 48

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issue 2

PL

Preparations for the Second Vatican Council as Seen by Polish DiplomatsA presentation of the way in which the staff of the Polish Embassy in Rome observed preparations for the Second Vatican Council in 1958–1962. The text belongs to a current of research analysing the attitude of the communists towards the Catholic Church and relations between communist states and the Vatican. The author provides information about diplomats who obtained data concerning the Apostolic See and the titular preparations as well as their chief informers. He also indicated the cooperation between Polish diplomats and those of other communist countries regarding information exchange, joint policies vis a vis the See, and the participation in the Council of bishops from various member–countries of the Soviet sphere of influence. The article is based predominantly on material produced by the diplomatic service: dispatches, notes, reports, and analyses by the staff of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of Poland in Rome.

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Stan badań w Europie nad dziejami stalinizmu Seria wydawnicza Storia della Chiesa in Europa centro-orientale

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Mikrut J.

Studia Paradyskie

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2018

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issue 28

219-254

PL

Niniejszy artykuł koncentruje się wokół problematyki prześladowań Kościoła katolickiego w po roku 1945 poszczególnych krajach bloku sowieckiego oparte na ideologii marksistowsko-leninowskiej. W konsekwencji zmiany granic państwowych miały miejsca ogromne przesiedlenia milionów osób, szczególnie dotknięci byli Polacy i Niemcy. W strefie rosyjskiej zostało utworzone zależne od Związku Radzieckiego państwo niemieckie DDR. W artykule przedstawiono wieloaspektowe prześladowania religijne w poszczególnych krajach. Zakres oraz intensywność prześladowań komunistycznych zależne były od ówczesnej sytuacji społeczno-politycznej w Europie, a zwłaszcza w Związku Radzieckim. Przedstawiono w omawianym tekście główne wątki polityki antyreligijnej poszczególnych państw bloku wschodniego. Powstała w 2016 roku seria wydawnicza La Chiesa cattolica in Europa centro orientale [Kościół katolicki w Europie środkowowschodniej] prezentuje historię Kościoła w poszczególnych krajach. Problematyka religijna była wieloaspektowa i zależna od złożonych wydarzeń społeczno-historycznych w poszczególnych państwach członkowskich. Wielojęzyczna literatura przedmiotu prezentowana w serii wydawniczej prezentuje ogrom walki z religią i ułatwia współczesnemu czytelnikowi dalsze pogłębienie problematyki przez indywidualną lekturę w wybranym przez siebie języku.

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The following article concentrates on the problem of the persecution of the Catholic Church after 1945 in particular countries belonging to the Soviet group and based on Marxism-Leninism ideology. There was the great displacement, especially of Polish and German people, in the consequence of the countries boundaries changes. In Germany, in the Russian zone, there was established the German country DDR, depending on Soviet Union. The article describes complex religious persecutions in the particular countries. The extent and intensity of the communist persecutions depended on the social and political situation in Europe, particularly in the Soviet Union, at this time. In the text there are presented the main aspects of the anty religious politics in the countries of the east group. In 2016 there was established the publishing series La Chiesa cattolica in Europa centro-orientale (The Catholic Church in centre-oriental Europe). It presents the history of church in particular countries. The religious situation in these countries had different aspects and depended on the social and political situation there. Multilingual literature presented in La Chiesa shows the immensity of the struggle with religion and help to see the subject deeper through the individual studying in the chosen language.

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Audiencje polityków komunistycznej Polski u papieża w latach 1945–1978

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Kucharski W.

Pamięć i Sprawiedliwość

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2017

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issue 29

50-71

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After the Second World War, Communist Poland and the Holy See did not maintain official diplomatic relations for over a quarter of the century (1945–1974). Despite that complicated situation, there were several personal meetings between the Pope and the representatives of Communist Poland during the pontificated of Pius XII, John XXIII and Paul VI. These meetings seemingly confirm the definite rule of the Vatican’s diplomacy which does not refuse to talk with anyone and to conduct dialogue in any situation. The analysis of the circumstances and the courses of meetings between Communist politicians from Poland and the Pope allows us to draw the line that divides the period in question into two parts. Until 1965, the Pope held audiences with Catholic activists engaged in public Communist Poland, while after that date, there were also meetings with Communist politicians, including two foreign ministers and a First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party. Throughout nearly the entire period, the primary goal of the relations between Poland and the Vatican, including meetings with the Pope, was to win the Holy See’s favour, particularly in opposition to the Primate, and create the propaganda image of religious freedom and good relations between the state and the Church in Poland. It is difficult to assess how the Holy See benefited from those meetings. The dialogue started in 1965, and it took an institutional form in 1974, but that did not affect the model of religious policy in Poland, and the strong position of the Church did not result from the dialogue between the Communists and the Vatican, but the unrelenting and principled policy of the Episcopate lead by the Primate. I have based the present article primarily on materials prepared by the Communist diplomatic service and stored in the Archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and documents prepared by the Party and administration of the Communist Poland, particularly the Office for Religious, and stored at the Polish Central Archives of Modern Records. Diaries and memoirs also proved to be important – particularly those by Jerzy Zawieyski and Janusz Zabłocki.

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Audiencje polityków komunistycznej Polski u papieża w latach 1945–1978