The MFA intervenes in the Vatican. Ministry outraged by bishops' statements on Polish governments and illegal immigration

pch24.pl 1 month ago

The Ministry of abroad Affairs issued an authoritative position on the statements of Bishop Antoni Długosz and Bishop Wacław Mering. Both retired hierarchs powerfully criticized the migration policy of Poland and the European Union. The authorities of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs do not hide outrage and request the Vatican to punish bishops.

The authoritative position of the MFA on this substance – the alleged demarche – was given by the Ambassador of the Republic to the Holy See. The diplomat handed it over on Tuesday 15 July to Javier Domingo Fernández González, Head of the Diplomatic Protocol of the Holy See. In the document, the Polish side expresses outrage with fresh and how the Ministry of abroad Affairs – "unacceptable statements" by bishops of Długosz and Mering.

“We do not have our approval to talk with harmful and unacceptable words that agree with the fundamental principles of human dignity, as well as the sovereignty of the Government of the Republic of Poland,” we read in the demarche given to the Holy See. The position of the MFA indicated that the statements of bishops representing the Polish Episcopate and the Catholic Church undermine Polish-German relations and slander the government. The MFA – managed by Radosław Sikorski – besides argues that the words of the hierarchs "mean clear support for nationalist environments".

In his statement, Bishop Antoni Długosz supported the activity of the Border Defence Movement, which patrols the Polish-German border, making it hard to transfer illegal immigrant groups to Poland. In turn, Bishop Wenceslaw Mering critically assessed Donald Tusk's government and his migration policy by saying: “We are ruled by people who specify themselves as Germany”. He then added that “the borders of our country are at hazard from both the west and the east.” The government of the Civic Coalition, Poland 2050, PSL and Left called it "political gangsters".

"The words of the 2 bishops mentioned are shameful and unworthy of the institution they represent and of the faithful who stay in their care," stated the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs in a demarche addressed to the Holy See.

"We kindly propose that appropriate consequences should be drawn against Bishop Wiesław Mering and Bishop Antoni Długosz, so that likewise unfortunate, lying and unwarranted statements may not appear in public discourse in the future, harming the good name of the Catholic Church, an institution so crucial and inextricably connected with the past of the Polish State since its inception to this day" - it is written in the authoritative position given to the Head of the Diplomatic Protocol of the Holy See.

According to the Ministry of abroad Affairs, the statements of Bishop Antoni Długosz and Bishop Wacław Mering besides agree with the provisions of the Concordat signed on 28 July 1993 between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland.

Source: msz.gov.pl

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