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Poland’s ruling nationalists push John Paul II’s legacy to election centre stage

A giant statue of Pope John Paul II stands in Czestochowa, Poland, March 14, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Wadowice, PolandReuters A controversy over John Paul II’s legacy looks set to spur some undecided voters in Polish elections due by November, political analysts say, as allegations that the late Pope concealed child abuse deepen rifts in the predominantly Catholic country. Claims in a new book and TV documentary that the late Pope, born Karol […]