Published: 2022-12-28

«We know in France what role the church plays in the life of this dear nation and what it has done for its greatness» About the would-be meeting of President Charles de Gaulle with the Primate Stefan Wyszyński (1967) from a church perspective

Michał Kłakus
Christianity-World-Politics
Section: Miscellanea
https://doi.org/10.21697/CSP.2022.26.1.16

Abstract

The most important event in Poland in 1967 was  the visit of Charles de Gaulle. One of the contentious points concerned a possible meeting with Stefan Wyszyński. Communist authorities were categorically opposed to organizing such a conversation fearing that the increase of the prestige of the Primate in the international arena and to the conflict between the Church and Government of the Polish People's Republic, which would be transferred to the international arena. For de Gaulle the visit to Poland was to be a meeting with a nation of which the Church was an inseparable and important part. During the preparations for the visit, French diplomats believed that Polish diplomatic intelligence was not effective. Ultimately, the meeting between de Gaull and Wyszyński did not occur. 

Keywords:

Stefan Wyszyński, Charles de Gaulle, communists, Primate of Poland

Citation rules

Kłakus, M. (2022). «We know in France what role the church plays in the life of this dear nation and what it has done for its greatness» About the would-be meeting of President Charles de Gaulle with the Primate Stefan Wyszyński (1967) from a church perspective. Christianity-World-Politics, (26), 366–380. https://doi.org/10.21697/CSP.2022.26.1.16

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