The Security Forces and Polish Communism: Reclaiming History from Myth

2007 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Szporer
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Secret Police ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
Security Service

This article provides a critical review of Oczami Bezpieki (Through the Eyes of the Security Service), an overview of post-1945 Poland based on secret police files by Slawomir Cenckiewicz. The essay sheds light on the ongoing controversies surrounding the secret police files that still can cause turmoil in Polish politics. The article discusses the aggressive strategies of the Communist-era security apparatus in three areas considered in the volume: penetration of émigré communities in the United States; attempts to neutralize opposition to the Communist regime from 1968 through the 1980s; and the manipulation of the Roman Catholic Church. The documents demonstrate how obsessively the security forces kept track of opposition activities.

Patterns of Ecclesiastical Authority: The Problem of Chicago Succession, 1865–1881

1973 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-270
Author(s):  
James P. Gaffey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Ecclesiastical Authority

The inevitable tension between freedom and order within the Roman Catholic Church has ever been an attractive and rich subject of comment. Perhaps nowhere can this issue be studied with more seriousness and clarity than in the fragile equilibrium between American bishops and priests. The balance within clerical ranks in the United States has long represented a singular combination of authority and obedience which has sought to reconcile itself in a society historically egalitarian and devoid of feudal relationships.

The Formation of the Catholic Minority in the United States 1820–1860

1948 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas T. McAvoy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
New World ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
Minority Group ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Secret Societies ◽  
Papal Infallibility

No minority group in the United States is probably as formless and yet at the same time as rigid as the American membership of the Roman Catholic Church. The rigidity of the Catholic organization arises from the fact that there has never been a real heresy during the three centuries and more of Catholic life within the boundaries of the present United States. Even the so-called heresy of Americanism existed more in the minds of European theologians than in the Catholics of the new world. There have been divergencies among American Catholics on such questions as the application of Gregory XVI's condemnation of the slave trade, the timeliness of die declaration of papal infallibility or the extent of the papal condemnation of secret societies, but there has been no difference on the essential doctrines involved in these disputes.

The Scalabrini Fathers, the Italian Emigrant Church, and Ethnic Nationalism in America

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter R. D'Agostino
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Ethnic Nationalism ◽  
American Catholicism ◽  
Normative Significance ◽  
Generational Transition

Philip Gleason has observed that the Roman Catholic church in the United States has been an “institutional immigrant” for much of its history. The idea of an “institutional immigrant,” posed in the Singular and distinguished from “the immigrant peoples who comprised the Catholic population,” presupposes a basic if undefined unity to American Catholicism. The nature of that unity has always been a highly contested issue. Gleason's formulation also suggests that the experience of the Catholic church is illuminated by considering its history in light of the processes that have occupied students of immigration—Americanization, generational transition, assimilation, the invention of ethnicity, and the like. The nature of these processes has also given rise to debates as Americans grapple to understand their cultural identity. In short, Gleason's idea lends itself to debate about the normative significance of American Catholicism, American culture, and their relationship to one another. In the interest of enriching this debate, I would suggest that the Roman Catholic church in the United States has also been an institutional emigrant.

scholarly journals Superior–Subordinate Aggressive Communication Among Catholic Priests and Sisters in the United States

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31
Author(s):  
Rebecca M. Chory ◽  
Sean M. Horan ◽  
Peter J. C. Raposo
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Verbal Aggressiveness ◽  
Job Motivation ◽  
Aggressive Communication ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Diocesan Priests

The Roman Catholic Church is one of the world’s largest and oldest organizations, yet communication among its members serving in ecclesiastical occupations (e.g., priests) remains relatively unexplored. The present study addresses this paucity of research by examining the relationship between 145 U.S. priests’ and sisters’ perceptions of their religious superiors’ aggressive communication and perceptions of the superiors’ credibility, as well as their own experiences of job and vocational satisfaction, motivation, and organizational commitment. Results indicated that superior verbal aggressiveness was associated with priests’ and sisters’ job motivation, organizational commitment, and perceptions of superior credibility, whereas superior argumentativeness only predicted perceptions of superior competence. The pattern of findings also suggests that superior aggressive communication functions differently across the ecclesiastical occupations studied, with diocesan priests appearing to be most influenced by their superiors’ aggressive communication and sisters seemingly the least influenced. Implications for management and organizational communication research and the Catholic Church are discussed.

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