Bätzing v. Gądecki: What’s behind the clash?

A simmering dispute between the chairman of the German bishops’ conference and his Polish counterpart heated up dramatically Sunday.

A simmering dispute between the chairman of the German bishops’ conference and his Polish counterpart heated up dramatically Sunday.

Bishop Georg Bätzing and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki. © Synodaler Weg/Maximilian von Lachner/Biuro Prasowe Konferencji Episkopatu Polski via Wikimedia (CC BY 3.0).

Poland’s Rzeczpospolita newspaper published Nov. 26 what it…