Vatican II Behind the Iron Curtain

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of Vatican II,” for Poland as throughout the world, was neither
universally received nor permanent. It may well be that open Ca-
tholicism, despite the well-timed kick-start with which Vatican II
provided it, will nonetheless land in the dustbin of Polish public
life, having outlived the collective efforts of Primate Wyszyński,
John Paul II, and the pope’s longtime allies among the laity.228



  1. On Polish responses to the pontificate of Pope Francis, see Kosicki, “Why
    Are the Vatican and Poland So Far Apart?” Eurozine, March 28, 2014, http://www
    .eurozine.com/articles/2014–03–28-kosicki-en.html, accessed September 10, 2014.

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