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Church in Poland

What legacy does Poland’s Archbishop Gądecki leave?

His tenure was marked by the abuse crisis, secularization, the Ukraine war, and sweeping changes in the Church.

Luke Coppen
Mar 21, 2025
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The trouble with being a 21st-century Church leader in Poland is that people will always compare you to the giants of 20th-century Polish Catholicism — and find you wanting.

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki at Mass in the chapel of Poznań’s seminary in September 2018. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

It’s tempting to measure the impact of contemporary Polish chur…

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