CC lacks meaningful tools for protest. You can put up or leave. As far as I can tell, UK and US at least have some non-trivial involvement of lay Catholics in d

CC lacks meaningful tools for protest. You can put up or leave. As far as I can tell, UK and US at least have some non-trivial involvement of lay Catholics in daily running of the institution. But in Poland? You'd be kicked out for asking to see a church's books. Incidentally, leaving is what's happening in Poland. The bastion of Catholicism with unshakable faith. When I was at high schools O(15) years ago, pretty much everyone attended religion classes at school (yes, Catholic religion classes, not some kind of broader religious education). Now most kids are signing out. Churches are emptying and were doing so well before Covid. The institution of CC is very wealthy in Poland and well-connected to politicians (they command a lot of unquestioning votes), so that can perpetuate even after the last Catholic signs out.