Relations Between the Third Republic of Poland and the Catholic Church in the Program Documents of Political Parties. An Attempt of Classification and Evaluation of Selected Postulates

Abstract

Relations between the Third Republic of Poland and the Catholic Church remain one of the aspects of contemporary political rivalry. Political parties have specific postulates regarding this aspect of contemporary social reality, which, as a rule, are part of the relevant program documents. The proposals of individual political circles, apart from substantive issues, differ in terms of scope, degree of detail and possibility of implementation due to the non-compliance of possible changes with the relevant provisions of the Constitution of April 2, 1997, the Concordat between the Third Republic of Poland and the Holy See, statutory regulations concerning the matter of mutual relations between the state and the church, or various non-legal circumstances related primarily to specific social moods.