Society: The Shadow of the Cross
Society: The Shadow of the Cross

Summary/Abstract: Though perhaps not a sign of increasing secularization, the ruckus over the presidential cross in Warsaw did show a more widespread willingness to criticize the church. Today we publish two views of a controversy sparked this summer by the presence, or removal, of a cross erected in front of Warsaw’s Presidential Palace to memorialize the late president, Lech Kaczynski. It proved too powerful a symbol to resist for those intent on making a point about contemporary Poland. But both of our writers argue that taking the long view would be more prudent. See also: Losing the Faith?

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