Is the word proclaimed by the Church through its priests pure hypocrisy, or does it still have some value?
More and more often, I wonder whether a priest lecturing the faithful from the pulpit about how they should live has the right to do so. Of course, not all clergy can be judged equally, but for many years the Church was an institution that protected priests who broke the law.
What can an ordinary believer think about priests after watching the Sekielski brothers’ film “Tell No One”? What can they say after watching the film “Clergy” or reading the information flooding the Internet about priests breaking the law? I think that hiding paedophile priests is disgusting.
I believe that we increasingly look at priests as a potential source of evil. The declining number of the faithful in churches shows that the Catholic Church is working to effectively discourage people from it.
The most irritating thing is that the Church, even when it feels responsible for the actions of its priests, still tries to attack their victims. This was shown in the Sekielski brothers’ film. The Church’s enormous wealth is also jarring, having little to do with the words about poverty and humility preached by the Catholic Church. Looking at the clergy, their lifestyle and splendour, I ask myself: where is the modesty?
And what about the clergy’s involvement in politics? What do all these things say about the Catholic Church? Do we still trust the Church? Will the Church in Poland weather all the storms and become pure again? Should it strike its hand firmly on the table and say: enough with splendour, enough with the sins of priests? Or is it so strong that it can do nothing because it will survive anyway?