Poland’s Ban on Communism: Superficial Gesture Masks Constitutional Apostasy
EWTN News reports that Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal has banned the Communist Party of Poland (KPP) as unconstitutional, citing Article 13 of Poland’s 1997 Constitution which prohibits totalitarian ideologies. Judge Krystyna Pawłowicz declared: “There is no place in the Polish legal system for a party that glorifies criminals and communist regimes responsible for the deaths of millions”. The ruling referenced Pius XI’s encyclicals Quadragesimo Anno (1931) and Divini Redemptoris (1937) to demonstrate communism’s inherent totalitarianism. While this appears as a defense of Catholic principles, the tribunal’s reliance on a modernist constitutional framework reveals deeper contradictions with integral Catholic doctrine.









