A New Crusade: Poland's embrace of Catholicism and Anti LGBT Ideology | Foreign Correspondent

[Music] Lucian Union shield shipping in Troy [Music] [Music] Chino's in the days before coronavirus stopped the world Poland hosted Europe's biggest far-right rally it was a call for a new crusade for God's honor and fatherland the rally leader Robert von cabbage is on a quest to build a pure Catholic state for your budget I've come here to see how religion is being weaponized in a fight for power it's a country where nationalists equate Catholicism with white polish identity when church and state have grown unsettlingly close to reshape society and where the father of Polish democracy let Valenza says democracy is now in peril it'll ask you to rope a menage-a-trois of Russia who donate the money another shaft often van movie elector Russia Democrats forces dr. version of the body II pop Alicia's w versus promise festival [Music] [Music] it's Sunday morning in the tolls door family are praying in their small home before they head to their big church Peter tolls Dorf and his wife Malgosia have eight kids in a two-bedroom apartment like many devout couples they're planning to have more luckily for them their pro Catholic government encourages big families every month that pays them nearly two hundred dollars per child was voloshina like the church ki Bijlee never cut see - tuck it tagine spray is not a thermal motion Barbuto for shame corticon attorney strove - go away she's Kotoko's - you know yesterday John Thomas Lana's it Nobilo in the garage another karate suit or check of a ship - even recover the toll stoves also support the government's view of what makes a real family Regina is the mama Tata Gigi shrieking in Turkish probe sanctioned Avantika prophet avocados News Channel Regina does distress poetry in spa Poland is embracing its Catholic roots for a lifetime was ruled by communists then Liberal Democrats now the government is putting conservative Church doctrine into law whether it's on gay rights abortion or IVF it's even trying to criminalize sex education versus mimesis - nada cream catal it scheming Toccoa poco vrf they were okay it is Machado mr. Appa grouchy dollars but oh she's putting the rose [Music] [Applause] [Music] in 2015 the populists Law and Justice Party came to power on the promise of restoring traditional Catholic values the church now sits on the right hand of government officially there is of course separation of church and state but it's a sort of fiction in Poland they are just like twin brothers I would say one cannot live without without there another L apart Lesnar is a 51 year old psychotherapist who is seen as an enemy of church and states in 2016 she helped organize mass protests that stopped a proposed ban on all abortions now she's facing a two-year jail term for painting rainbows on Madonna's to condemn the church's treatment of gays there was a sort of proverb in my family which was be useful and make the best use of yourself and I I just tried to follow that last year she was attacked in a Gay Pride rally that church leaders called a blasphemy we were physically attacked only by chance nothing serious happened because when people are talked by the church that LGBT people are connected with pedophilia it is to cover their own problems with pedophilia within the church which comes up to the surface very often now this was the first ever pride march in the conservative city of Bialystok and priests joined the crowd trying to stop it the attackers think that they have got the blessing from the church [Music] the medieval capital krakow is a stark example of how much power the church could wield it was home to a young priest who became Poland's first pope john paul ii it's World Heritage Center has made it one of Europe's most romantic destinations but lately it's become renowned for something else with the blessing of the Catholic Church the regional government has declared this to be an LGBT free zone what's more the Archbishop of Krakow has likened what he calls LGBT ideology to communism saying Poland once faced a red plague now it's facing a rainbow plague so what does that mean the archbishop has agreed to meet me in his palace the seat of church leaders since the 14th century Marek yard rejewski was a close friend of john paul ii and at 70 is one of the most influential figures in poland he makes no apology for likening gay activists to the Soviets who occupied post-war Poland yes Jovana Alateen Chavez Arase Socialist Republic is growing nationalism young Muslim faith na ito logic to an asked say so before present coverage yes Toby Rica gives veterans for Donna's in stable Texas Carranza resumed trabocchi on purpose to Brahmaji outside the palace walls Paulding looks a thoroughly modern european country it's a full member of the EU and bound by its rules legalizing same-sex relations but a third of the country has now been declared LGBT free that's a largely symbolic gesture but the EU has condemned it for encouraging homophobia the church says Poland should follow God over Brussels a Samaritan School geofence that narrowed in Portugal so Muslims even Sunday Jeremy C Stein style at ago tank is liquid Allah rejected element Christians for gnarled pine straw - Larry Sanders numeral identification you can see that special role in schools almost every child in public school has to attend Catholic education classes starting from kindergarten the program of religious lessons cannot be verified and checked by anybody except the bishop last year the liberal mayor of Warsaw tried to introduce sex education into curriculums he suggested discussing same-sex issues as recommended by the World Health Organization but the Parliament is now pushing for three-year jail terms for teaching children about sex [Music] kustodiev Paulsen emotion research Roberts evidently Zagros and Sasha Mary chechi merges those onyx ideological algebra is cartoon of how the church has remained silent over what critics call attacks on democracy the law and justice party has been stripping the independence of public institutions including courts and state media yes television published obsessed Annika watches did la mancha stange coamo ella pod Lesnar's latest legal problems stem from this rowdy protest against state television which she says has become a government mouthpiece the news network portrayed her as a dangerous radical summer who knows if stiff upper police yontiff those beautiful nation hounded her from her job at a public hospital and had her charged with hooliganism I don't know how it happens but every Wednesday she's not expecting a fair trial the government has been increasing its power to hire and fire judges but today there's some good news the judge hearing the charge is in her opinion one of the few independent judges left this same law in the same judge you've got this slightly friendlier judge you happy that's almost judge you know respect the Constitution [Music] there was a time when liberals and the church stood shoulder-to-shoulder to fight for constitutional democracy the port city of Gdansk was the scene of an epic political struggle that marked the beginning of the end of the Soviet empire in 1980 a young shipyard electrician lek Valenza formed an independent trade union called solidarity [Applause] [Music] the Soviet controlled government declared martial law and through the lengths are in prison but the Catholic Church and pope john paul ii stood behind him [Music] solidarity toppled communism a new democracy was born and a young dissident became president happy days now long gone whatever unity there was in the Cold War has been smashed by a culture war a fight over the kind of country the new Poland will become liberal and open or conservative nationalistic and intensely Catholic so why have things become so divided well today we're gonna meet the man who started Poland's transformation lick for Lentz up at 76 he's still a regular in the shipyard working out of an office in its museum but he's a staunch critic of the ruling Lauren justice party always wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the word Constitution for simple kazuya's reconstitute a super mama your mama's to preserve words in signal issue a movie star service team not often one movie Neelix Russia Democrats forces like sovereign of the body polish is doubly was promised as new problem poll answer is a devout Catholic but he is highly critical of the church's close ties to the government Karishma varnish fiscal point average is not as famous septum car show ba-ba-ba-ba-ba Arizona's for polar stimulus angelic varnish she never to Nepal well again the goals for the bow insurer reported politics now [Music] but inside solidarity his objections are ignored that's Ambala or to shut sofia such misery on sinusoidal Shenton tuition but when you're on uShip level Carol Brodie kovitch is solidarities deputy leader in Gdansk shipyard he's also a regional councillor for the Law and Justice Party Sabri smizmar combusken's establish Museumplein doggy Thomas assumed you an adequate Oh dolly Benjamin the evacs amount of a testing Bala to the sebou attack he took me on a tour of the shipyard which now only manufactures parts not all ships got bad so my wobble but somehow it should or simply Ashanti morkul parts of our she the mast you teach NZ after you feel about so yeah [ __ ] himself awesome he started working here in 1980 the year solidarity was formed when he was just 15 well looking funny like haha well soon these days many workers see valensa as a traitor selling out poland to the west when he became president of ecology that since they stopped me kara go cheeky which is happy with poland's embrace of conservative Catholic values very closely popular today which is good cause you Jewish - mama Lu's not in my visitors visitors communication the colony for yesterday than being gay lover the law and justice government was reelected in October with almost 44 percent of the vote the highest for any party since the return of democracy but does that mean people automatically support a conservative Catholic agenda [Music] then dobro mechina crud lives in a small town outside Gdansk called les nouveaux it's a stronghold of the law and justice party but much in who is openly gay has been elected mayor three times they were really interested in what I can do for them if I'm helpful or not they don't care they don't care about my private life they don't care who I'm sleeping with so you're always available when people need you yes they can call me they can write me an email they can also come here to my home so a bit like a priest well maybe okay you can say that but I'm very far a way of thinking and saying this this kind of things yeah the church is very strong in talking about a rainbow plague and things like that is that making life less safe is it is it encouraging people to use hate speech a Calvados a tatsumaki Pulaski Co Co spa develops a toast you know Vista Gobert source of homosexuality ingeras or start snitching Costa technicians mm avert lot toes upon years upon the pad Chinese negativity Holocaust era [Music] while the church has made life harder for gays it still wants to claim them as Catholics so much and you're actually in the process of leaving the church now what's all that about that's right crunch is now struggling through a legal process to be removed from the parish register I have to apply I wanted to leave the Polish Catholic Church I have to bring two people who will confirm that I'm sure two witnesses yeah two it necessary that I'm sure I wanted to leave the Catholic Church and then the priest has to sign yeah he decides if if that's right if I'm sure he decides if I can leave the cafe there's actually a bureaucratic process you have to go to to be allowed to leave Catholicism yes that's this right that's funny and sad at the same time in my opinion [Music] the church has maintained its grip on power despite a sex scandal that seriously damaged its moral credibility [Music] John is amico chief tempo constable - doc last year a crowdfunded documentary called tell no one used hidden cameras to reveal a widespread history of priests abusing children released on YouTube who was viewed nearly 20 million times in the first week one of its most shocking revelations was how the church had relocated pedophile priests it's a tremendous mystery co-ceo never knew about any proper question mega anything super cops Anderson's chauvinistic residence donate paraffin why should anyone take seriously what the church says about morality when it fails so fundamentally its own moral obligations Oscar Jenga Co Co approaches legal passive and enough music excuse me sir Nabokov valuation sprout no dr. bill of that opposition thickness that island Universal to go out of artists you know she's not oh yeah qgj to take a problem ecology Catholicism doesn't just dominate mainstream politics it's become a rallying call for violent extremists [Applause] in the capital Warsaw an ultra-nationalist group is training on the Vistula River it's two days before a mass rally they've organized to mark Polish Independence Day this is a staged media event to show how they'll defend themselves from leftists [Music] many of these self-styled bodyguards belong to national radical camp a revival of a 1930s fascist movement but their leader Robert bong cabbage insists they're not fascists just Catholic Patriots luchadore absurd drug of initiative October Oh tyranny tyranny Polsky rocket or a neighbor's Arizona Nora Tommy Virginia fascism October what a stitch nationalism or Nimitz keg odisha stigma fascist esta Savannah - negatory nice Gaza scheana Tom Levitt awfully bharanam Babcock to random share special Dalia what would you like to see what Catholic doctrines would you like to see put into law in Poland she's give are Tasha cattle is Cayetano fond of our night potentiation my spaniels from my pinkish on DVDs etc now Jamieson our festivities are here watching on Independence Day here this followers gather in church ahead of their mass rally and March the theme of this year's gathering is defending the Catholic Church the symbol is a fist clutching a rosary Robert Vaughn kovitch will be wielding a crucifix his chosen slogan neva P it's a marriage therapist said that species marine is damn Naposki Tishri lover of the wanna be successful data cool mark she's mobile torrelavega the volcano brothers member of this foul so exposure to tame a a corner root for ski a couple our server we initial Damari rule of a Polsky proposal in Yanis for pizzas rapido and I'm sure a devout in recent years the far right has hijacked Independence Day celebrations with the acquiescence of governments the previous he is gathering was addressed by the president [Music] the center of Warsaw soon fills with 60,000 people many of them ordinary families far-right groups have converged from across Europe many sport the Celtic Cross the adopted symbol for white supremacists [Applause] we're from Holland from Holland yes what are you doing in Poland today we are here for the for the nationalism and the March connect with people and meet people who think like us and want to save for their countries [Music] among the crowd of several politicians including a prominent law and justice MP Dominic touch in ski as the March proceeds the chanting grows more militant and threatening [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] the MP Dominique Taj in ski promised us an interview but like other government big as we approached after the rally he proved unavailable politician of the little disposition it was them I become a populist on me on you were some terrorist and brandy he is never speech now some devout Catholics like Peter told stove told us they found a rally and it's bharat messages disturbing VR&E polygon on none of the junk a new page she appears person to vanish she will change is the closest ally she intimidated by the poker deepest ocean II champions chichi Vieira was a juju ssam villains Thomas expose of president of Aine Arion even if Itachi poplars acacia roster ability to teach a nostalgic Estonian phonetic many hope conservative Catholic values will lead their country to the light others fear they risk opening the gates to something darker [Music] you

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Id: mNg02F6FY_0

Length: 30min 48sec (1848 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 28 2020