Charakterystyka działalności duszpasterskiej i społeczno-politycznej niektórych biskupów częstochowskich w świetle akt Urzędu do Spraw Wyznań (1950-1989)

Abstract

Working in 1950-1989 Religious Denominations Office was a main organ of national administration responsible for running religious denominations politics. The main aspect of his activity was the invigilation of clergy. The attitude of clergy towards national authorities was determined on the base of collected information. Bishops Czajka and Musiel were thought to have been the enemies of People’s Poland. There was a two-year ban of preaching for bishop Czaja and the Office insisted on depriving him of general vicar post and of punishing this bishop. It was more difficult Religious Denominations Office to qualify the attitude of bishop Golinski, who from one hand was a clever diplomat, being polite during the conversations with the national authorities, and stubbornly protected the right of the Church to free pastoral and catechetical work, from another one. Moreover, in the documents concerning the bishops of Częstochowa there were a lot of valuable information about their attitudes towards more important events and political-social and religious problems such as: Second Vatican Council, Letter of Reconciliation of The Polish Bishops to the German Bishops, the movement of so called patriot piests, propaganda actions with the action of collecting signatures in the matter of Stockholm Appeal and Wien Peace Appeal.