Poland’s Catholic Church has welcomed a government decision to modify a new law imposing prison sentences for blaming Poles for the Holocaust, following complaints by Western governments and Jewish organisations.
“We’re satisfied the clauses which caused controversy and provoked serious unease have been removed,” said Bishop Rafal Markowski, chairman of the Church’s Commission for Dialogue with Judaism. “I experienced this unease in talks with Jewish community representatives, with whom we very much depend on good relations.”
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