Donald Tusk and Civic Platform should not be allowed to present a program that systematically targets the church, and thus the nation. This was described as a shameful act by the Minister of Education and Science, Przemysław Czarnek, during a briefing in Lublin.
An attack on an entire nation
At a Saturday briefing held in front of the Catholic University of Lublin, the head of the Ministry of Education and Science noted that St. John Paul II, then the bishop of Krakow, had taught at this university for many years. He emphasized that both the Catholic University of Lublin and the city of Lublin owe much to the Pope.
There is a belief that Saint John Paul II needs no defense, because his teaching, life, and immense contribution to the return of freedom for Poles and Europeans speak for themselves, helping to throw off the Communist and Soviet yoke from Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.
It was pointed out that this is not merely about Saint John Paul II. The head of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage recalled the words of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński: those who aim to destroy the nation will start with the church, since the church is the country’s strength.
What was seen at Donald Tusk’s speech yesterday amounts to an attack on the Church, meaning an attack on the nation. He attacked the church and religion directly, asserting that millions of Poles who attend church weekly are part of the church itself, not just clergy, and that religion in schools should be questioned. This stance, according to the minister, is a direct attack on the church and on the Polish people.
Attack on the church with the PO program?
The minister argued that the opposition lacks a real political program for the Poles.
Yet the same man, Donald Tusk, and the Civic Platform, allegedly cannot be allowed to put forward a program that targets the church, and, by extension, the nation. The minister called it a shameful disgrace.
During a Friday meeting with residents of Rokietnica in the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, the head of the PO, Donald Tusk, suggested that there should be no religion taught in schools. He described religion in schools as one of the most effective instruments of secularization of Poland’s younger generation, estimating that the costs involved stretch into hundreds or thousands of salaries, adding that this is not about evangelism.
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Destruction of the community
Michał Moskal, who heads the PiS president’s office and attended the Saturday briefing in Lublin, noted that St. John Paul II shaped many generations of young Poles, both as a teacher and as a pope. He recalled that a truly free nation is built by a community of language, history and culture.
What has unfolded in recent days is described as a massive attack that weakened this community from its foundations. It is framed as part of a global trend led by the left to dismantle social bonds, including families, churches, and the nation itself.
With Monday’s broadcast of Marcin Gutowski’s report on Pope John Paul II and pedophile cases among priests, the Sejm responded by passing a resolution defending the pope’s good name. The resolution condemned a media campaign, rooted in historical material from the PRL era, aimed at undermining the dignity of the Great Pope, St. John Paul II, a figure regarded by many as a cornerstone of Polish history.
The piece concludes with a note of attribution to the news service wPolityce as the source of the report.