„Nie należy … dopuszczać do przesadnej popularyzacji … papieża Pawła VI i jego wystąpień”. Cenzura prewencyjna a ograniczanie wpływu Kościoła katolickiego na społeczeństwo w Polsce w latach tzw. małej stabilizacji

Abstrakt

In the political system of the Polish People's Republic, the Catholic Church and the Polish United Workers' Party competed with each other for influence in society. There was virtually no convergence between the doctrine and teaching of the Catholic Church and the ideology of the ruling PZPR. The church was the only institution in the Polish People's Republic which, even through pastoral teaching, publishing the titles of Catholic press and publishing openly and legally in the country, violated the monopoly of communist power introduced after 1945 for the transmission of information and ideology directed to society. The scope of duties and activity of the institution of preventive censorship - GUKPP and W and its delegations were properly officially on the side of the authorities in the current of this rivalry. It was in her hands to have the power to control church publishing houses, the press, and finally materials sent from abroad, to which the recipients were, e.g. curia. Censorship was intended to limit the message of the Church, where it was uncomfortable for power, to reduce the influence of the Church in society, the authority of its hierarchs, and finally, if possible, literally "cross" the traditional presence of the Church, customs and values of the Catholic religion from various spheres of social life. These activities were carried out both at the central level in Warsaw and at the level of voivodship field delegations. Due to the well-preserved materials of Gdańsk censorship, it is worth looking at her work in this area on the example of the activities of the Provincial Office for the Control of Press, Publications and Performances in the years of Gomułka's Little Stabilization 1956–1970. The article is a development and addition to two previous articles published in the "Religious Review".