Wikileaks: Vatican hoped that Poland would 'hold the family line' in the EU

The Guardian ^ | 10 December 2010

[lizol]

Even without Pope John Paul II at the helm of the Catholic Church, the Holy See's attention to Poland and the influence of Poles here remains an important dynamic in the workings of the Vatican. Recent months have offered much evidence of this, and numerous opportunities to assess the Poland - Holy See relationship. Most high-ranking and mid-level Poles have stayed on in their positions in the Vatican bureaucracy since the death of John Paul, maintaining the Vatican's Polish flavor. Pope Benedict has consistently made gestures to acknowledge the importance of the Polish Catholic Church in the context of European and world Catholicism - an importance embodied most immediately by the crowds of Polish pilgrims that still flock to Rome. Pope Benedict and other Vatican officials maintain Pope John Paul's hope that Poland will serve as a counter-weight to Western European secularism, but are wary of nationalistic or divisive forces with a Catholic label, such as media outlets under the control of Polish station Radio Maryja. With Pope Benedict XVI's May 25-28 visit to Poland looming, many in and around the Vatican are addressing these subjects.

[lizol]

Looks, like Poland may seem to be the nest of all the “evil” - in today’s progressive and secular Europe.

First - it was considered to be the Trojan horse of the U.S. within the E.U.

And now the same with the Holy See. ;-)

[married21]

I went to a museum on Polish history in Warsaw and it said that Poland wanted to become a democracy like America, afew years after the American Revolution. The other countries couldn’t stand having a free country in their midst and attacked and partitioned it.

Poland’s fate seems to be to have good ideas and untrustworthy neighbors.

[Matt_DZ_PL]

I've read a beautiful article about hundreds of thousands of Poles who went to Scandinavia in search of jobs. Scandinavian churches, or rather old rickety shacks which had been closed for the lack of believers long time ago, suddenly began to be attended by so many people that there was room inside only for one third. For that reason, in Trondheim, Poles began to build a new, quite a big church, some even say the biggest in the country. Lots of Norwegians who were indifferent to religion matters or even started to look to Islam, began to attend Christian masses regularly. First in the Polish language, then, as more and more new Norwegians appeared on Sunday masses, masses began to be performed in the Norwegian language by Norwegian priests. Lots of local people converted for good and even baptized together with their children! :-)))))))))

There are many huge articles on the Polish Internet about it. All in Polish :-(
No English-speaking Internet website has ever mentioned about it :-(((