Economics

Jesus Is King for Poland’s New Rulers

The populist government wants the country to answer to God, not its critics in Western Europe.

Christ the King statue in Swiebodzin, Poland. — Christ the King statue in Swiebodzin, Poland.

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By Marek Strzelecki and Dorota Bartyzel

July 18, 2017 at 3:00 AM UTC

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This article is part of the July 24, 2017 issue of businessweek.

The Tuesday service at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in the small Polish town of Zakopane doesn’t normally have such a distinguished congregation.

But on this day last month, the president, prime minister and a government delegation joined a ceremony to affirm their country to be under the protection of the “immaculate heart of Mother Mary” against moral decay.