Miejsce religii w Konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 2 kwietnia 1997 roku

After the transformation of the political system, the legislative authority was faced with one of the most important tasks - the preparation of a new constitution, which, as the main normative act, is to lay out the political directions of the State in the specific domains of social life. Therefore constitutional recordings referring to religion are the foundations for functioning of the church and worship institutions in the State. The adopted solutions are the result of a range of compromises between the position of various parliament parties and the position of the Catholic Church as well as other churches. The leading oponents were: on the one hand the Polish Episcopate that suggested abandoning of the process of separating the Catholic Church from the State; and on the other, the left parliament majority of the Sejm (judicial lower house) of II cadency, which supported a definite separation of the Church and State. As a result, the accepted solution is the compromise between those two models. It can be called a friendly separation preserving the institutional relationships. The regulations concerning the rights and freedom of religions are not free from certain mistakes and inaccuracies. The Constitution of the Polish Republic is one that promotes generally acceptable principles concerning religion in the contemporary world, and in the wider perspective - the human rights. The State is there just to observe these principles.