Lewicowe krucjaty przeciwko Krzyżowi i nauce religii rzymskokatolickiej w szkole publicznej

Left-wing crusades against the Cross and Roman Catholic religious education in a public school In the history of Poland, the Left’s attacks on the presence of religious symbols, especially crosses in public space, or its attempts to remove the teaching of the Roman Catholic religion from public schools, are a kind of litmus test of a broader problem that allows one to test the public’s reaction as to whether one can already begin to realise one’s main political goal of completely removing the Church from the life of the state and the nation. The subject of the fight against religion in the public space is a process that has its main origins in the black years of communism, and whose proponents cultivate the traditions of those times, using the same language and similar methods. The analyses undertaken in this paper aim to seek answers: who led the main left-wing crusades against the Cross and the teaching of Roman Catholicism in public school, and what characterises the various stages of this battle for minds and souls? Where sources found allowed, the answer also applies to the Diocese of Siedlce.