Society: Losing the Faith?
Society: Losing the Faith?

Summary/Abstract: Any conclusions about Polish Catholicism based on this summer’s cross controversy are likely to be as superficial as previous stereotypes about the country and its church. Today we publish two views of a controversy sparked this summer by the presence, or removal, of a cross erected in front of Warsaw’s Presidential Palace to memorialize the late president, Lech Kaczynski. It proved too powerful a symbol to resist for those intent on making a point about contemporary Poland. But both of our writers argue that taking the long view would be more prudent. See also: The Shadow of the Cross

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