The role of the Roman Catholic Church in creating socio-political change in Poland at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries

Abstract

This article presents the key activities of the Roman Catholic Church as a creator of key sociopolitical
changes in Poland at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The adopted research perspective
takes into account both specific actions and legal acts indicating the Roman Catholic Church as
a political subject, as well as presents its most important activities influencing the political system. The
role of the Roman Catholic Church in the process of political transformation with particular emphasis
on the challenges at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, which are the subject of interest of the
Catholic social teaching, is particularly highlighted.