Śmigiel, Wiesław (Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Naukowego Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, 2005)
The Catholic press is a tool for transmitting information and for having a dialog between the Catholic Church and the world, but it is also a forum for a dialog inside the Church. The task of this press is to mould, consolidate and support the public opinion, according to the natural law as well as to the teaching and directions of the Church. In Poland we distinguish the Church press that is published immediately by Church institutions; the Catholic press, that is the press that has a Church assistant; the and religious press, in which religious issues are brought up. In Poland there are two leading Catholic weeklies: “Niedziela” ("Sunday”) and “Gość Niedzielny” (“Sunday Visitor”). Forming a strategy for development of the Catholic press and establishing a Catholic daily is an important task to be carried out. It is possible that after the model of other nations a special Polish fund for promoting Catholic press should be established.
