Source: Gazeta

A few days ago, when Roman Giertych, the minister of education was dismissed, the press made a few short interviews with the new (temporary, to say honestly) minister Ryszard Legutko from PiS. One of the topics raised was a recent decision of Giertych, who made the religious education grade included in the mean. The new minister expressed his concerns about this idea and suggested that he may soon abolish it. The reaction of the Church representatives was immediate. Abp Głódź (one of the strongest supporters of Tadeusz Rydzyk) said: “The new minister of education began his rule with a conflict with the Church. If he wants a conflict and social disharmony, he will have it. His declaration to remove the religious education from the list of subject included in the mean, without consulting with the Church, for me is arrogance. The Episcopate will take a stand on this within a few days. The religious education is not an experimental field, neither is the Church a mannequin which you can use as a Guinea pig.“.

Foreign readers (especially French) could be shocked by this, we are not. This year r.e. has been introduced in some Polish kindergartens. Also, there are no religious classes other than catholic available in Polish schools. This looks like a desperate struggle for young audience, probably influenced by the falling number of new clerics, which is still the highest in Europe.

The phrase “DIVISION OF THE STATE AND THE CHURCH” should be carved on some people’s foreheads with a chisel, if they cannot see it already written in the constitution.

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