Boskie, cesarskie czy ludowe? Kościół a demokracja w świetle katolickiej nauki społecznej
Divine, Imperial or Popular? The Church and Democracy in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is an analysis of the Roman Catholic Church's attitude towards democracy in the light of Catholic social teaching. The main hypothesis is based on the assertion that despite the Church's long period of "struggle" with the concept of democracy, it is still a phenomenon towards which the hierarchical and popular Church displays a certain helplessness, resulting in a lack of adequate responses to crises of democracy. The article discusses the historical picture of the relationship between papal teaching and democracy as a form of government, the ways in which the contemporary Church defines democracy within the framework of Catholic social teaching, the conditions that "true" democracy should meet from the Church's point of view, and, finally, the problems of the Church's attitude towards this system in the context of Polish socio-political realities.

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