Showing posts with label parish. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parish. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Polish anti-Catholicism or anti-clericalism?

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Recently, in overwhelmingly Catholic Poland, more and more voices question the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.  Latest debacle with Telewizja Trwam (Catholic religious TV station) and blatant exclusion from acquiring digital spectrum for the HD conversion in Poland, is just a cherry on the top of the angry mob rants.
While going through some of the Polish-language blogs, for the moment I felt like being at some anti-Catholic convention.  Plenty of the posts are merciless (yes, pun intended) and vicious.  Are Polish Catholics really that disappointed with the Church or they are just plain anti-clerical?

The theme is similar: priests make too much money, their cars are too expensive, fees for sacraments are too high, parishes ask for funds to repair churches, blah blah blah.

And of course, if you can't stand the Church, leave.  There are plenty of other religions available to make your mind spin.  But don't think they print money, oh no, you will pay.