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The 1925 concordat (agreement) between the Holy See and the Second Polish Republic had 27 articles, which guaranteed the freedom of the Church and the faithful. It regulated the usual points of interests, Catholic instruction in primary schools and secondary schools, nomination of bishops, establishment of seminaries, a permanent nuncio in Warsaw, who also represents the interests of the Holy See in Gdańsk.^[1]^[2] It was considered one of the most favorable concordats for the Holy See, and would become a basis for many future concordats.

Negotiations[edit]

Stanisław Grabski, one of the principal Polish negotiators

The Roman Catholic religion was the religion of majority of the citizens in the Second Polish Republic (see also demographics of the Second Republic). The Polish constitution of 1921 stipulated in Article 114 that the "Roman Catholic faith, the religion of majority of the nation, takes first place among the equally important faiths in the country. The Roman Catholic Church governs itself. Relation to the Church will be determined based on the treaty with the Holy See, upon ratification by the Sejm (Polish parliament)."^[3] The negotiations started in 1921, and the Polish side (Minister of Religion and Education, Maciej Rataj, lawyer Władysław Abraham and bishop Adolf Szelążek) drafted a proposal by 1923.^[3] Then the negotiations were taken over by Stanisław Grabski, who represented the endecja faction, then dominant in the government.^[3] The negotiations between Grabski and Francesco Borgongini Duca spanned four months and 23 meetings in Rome.^[4] The concordat was signed on 10 February by Pietro Gasparri, Cardinal Secretary of State for the Holy See and Stanisław Grabski and Wladyslaw Skrzyński for Poland.^[3]^[5]

The text concordat was published in Poland in Dziennik Ustaw. It was presented to Sejm for ratification on 24 March.^[3] It was criticized by the representatives of non-Catholic minorities (such as the Ukrainians), as well as by the socialist and communist members of the parliament, but the center-right conservatives and Catholic representatives had the majority and were supportive of the treaty.^[3] It was ratified on 27 March.^[6]

Content[edit]

Under the concordat, the Church enjoyed full protection of the State and prayed for the leaders of Poland during Sunday mass and on 3 May.^[2] Clerics made a solemn oath of allegiance to the Polish State.^[7] If clergy were under accusation, trial documents would be forwarded to ecclesiastical authorities if clergy were accused of crimes. If convicted, they would not serve incarceration in jails but would be handed over to Church authorities for internment in a monastery or convent.^[8] The concordat extended to the Latin Church in five ecclesiastical provinces: Gniezno and Poznań, Warsaw, Wilno, Lwów and Kraków. It applied as well to Eastern Catholics of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Lwów, and Przemyśl, and to the Armenian Catholic Church in Lwów.^[9] For religious celebration in the specific rites, Canon law was required to be observed.^[10] Catholic instruction was mandatory in all public schools, except universities.^[11] In Article 24, the Church and State recognized each other's property rights seeming in part from the time of partition before 1918. This meant that property rights and real estate titles of the Church were respected. A later agreement was to define the status of expropriated Church properties, and until that time, the State would pay Church dotations for its clergy. The concordat stipulated that no part of Polish territory could be placed under the jurisdiction of a bishop outside of Poland^[12] or not of Polish citizenship.^[13]

On paper, the concordat seemed to be a victory for the church. But Polish bishops felt forced to take measures against early violations, in the area of marriage legislation and property rights. Pope Pius XI was supportive of this and of episcopal initiatives to have their own plenary meetings.^[14]

Lithuania[edit]

The concordat caused a severe conflict between Holy See and Lithuania. The concordat established an ecclesiastical province in Wilno, thereby acknowledging Poland's claims to the city despite Lithuanian requests to govern the province directly from Rome.^[15] Lithuania and Poland had been in a bitter struggle for the city and the surrounding area since 1920 when the city was taken over by pro-Polish forces during Żeligowski's Mutiny. Lithuanians submitted a protest to the Holy See and recalled its representative there; the Holy See responded in kind and all diplomatic relations between Lithuania and the Holy See were terminated.^[15] In April 1926, Pope Pius XI unilaterally established and reorganized the Lithuanian ecclesiastical province without regard to Lithuanian demands and proposals.^[16] Popular outrage in response to the concordat was one of the reasons that the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party, the leading pro-Catholic party in Lithuania, lost the majority in the 1926 parliamentary elections.^[16]

As a result, a weak coalition government was formed, which, in turn, inspired the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état. Lithuanian relations with the Holy See were normalized a few months later, on 4 June 1927, when a concordat was signed between Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri for the Holy See and Dr. Jurgis Šaulys for Lithuania. The improvements in 1927 were mostly due to the efforts of Prime Minister Augustinas Voldemaras.^[17]

Annulment[edit]

During World War II, the Holy See had appointed German and Slovak priests to Polish parishes, violating the concordat.^[13] The actions were condemned by Polish government-in-exile, which considered it a betrayal: "Pius XII's decision is tantamount to the acceptance of illegal German demands and comprises an unfriendly act towards the Polish people".^[18]

On 12 September 1945, the communist-dominated Polish Provisional Government issued declaration that concordat is no longer valid, citing the violations by the Church. The view was not shared by the Holy See and many Polish priests, such as Stefan Wyszyński, who considered the concordat to have been ended by only the Polish side by a declaration.^{[nb 1]}

Not only Poland but also the other Eastern European countries under Soviet control cancelled their concordats with the Holy See after 1945, which can be seen as a part of the Persecutions against the Catholic Church during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII.

Notes[edit]

^ The Pope, according to Wyszynski, never ceased to recognize Polish sovereignty and did not make any personal or territorial changes, and the frequent Holy See press reports continued to report about Poland "as a country standing with the free states fighting for a better future". (Micewski, Cardinal Wyszinski, NY, 1984, p. 34) Still, state authorities tried to discredit Pope Pius XII in the eyes of Polish society. His actual speeches and messages to the people of Poland were not known in Poland. (Micewski, 418)

References[edit]

^ Concordata 3
^ ^a ^b Concordata 8
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f (in Polish) Stanisław Dzięciołowski, Ratyfikacja Konkordatu – III i IV 1925
^ Pease, Neal (2009). Rome's most faithful daughter: the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914–1939. Ohio University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8214-1856-7.
^ Joanne M Restrepo Restrepo SJ, Concordata Regnante Sancissimo Domino Pio XI Inita, Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, Romae, 1932.
^ Pease, Neal. Rome's most faithful daughter, p. 71
^ Concordata 12
^ Concordata 22
^ Concordata 9
^ Concordata 18
^ Concordata 13
^ Concordata 26
^ ^a ^b (in Polish) Konkordat in Encyklopedia WIEM
^ Schmidlin, Josef (1922–1939). Papstgeschichte. Vol. IV. München: Köstel-Pusztet. p. 135. OCLC 4533637.
^ ^a ^b Gerutis, Albertas (1984). "Independent Lithuania". In Ed. Albertas Gerutis (ed.). Lithuania: 700 Years. Translated by Algirdas Budreckis (6th ed.). New York: Manyland Books. pp. 218–219. ISBN 0-87141-028-1. LCCN 75-80057.
^ ^a ^b Eidintas, Alfonsas; Vytautas Žalys; Alfred Erich Senn (September 1999). Ed. Edvardas Tuskenis (ed.). Lithuania in European Politics: The Years of the First Republic, 1918–1940 (Paperback ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-312-22458-3.
^ Eidintas, Alfonsas. Lithuania in European Politics, p. 144.
^ Diskin, Hanna (2004). The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland. Central European University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-963-9241-16-9.

External links[edit]

(in Polish) Text of the concordat, mirror
(in Polish) Ramy prawne funkcjonowania Kościoła – Konkordat 1925 r.
(in Polish) Dawid Ropuszyński, Konkordat polski z 1925 r.
(in Polish) Michał Horoszewicz, Kłopoty z poprzednim konkordatem
(in Polish) Stanisław Piotrowski, Konkordat z 1925 roku przestał obowiązywać

[19] The Pope, according to Wyszynski, never ceased to recognize Polish sovereignty and did not make any personal or territorial changes, and the frequent Holy See press reports continued to report about Poland "as a country standing with the free states fighting for a better future". (Micewski, Cardinal Wyszinski, NY, 1984, p. 34) Still, state authorities tried to discredit Pope Pius XII in the eyes of Polish society. His actual speeches and messages to the people of Poland were not known in Poland. (Micewski, 418)

[concordata-1] Concordata 3

[Concordata_8-2] Concordata 8

[Dz-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f (in Polish) Stanisław Dzięciołowski, Ratyfikacja Konkordatu – III i IV 1925

[Rome's_most_faithful_daughter:_the_Catholic_Church_and_independent_Poland,_1914-1939-4] Pease, Neal (2009). Rome's most faithful daughter: the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914–1939. Ohio University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8214-1856-7.

[universitas-5] Joanne M Restrepo Restrepo SJ, Concordata Regnante Sancissimo Domino Pio XI Inita, Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, Romae, 1932.

[faithful-6] Pease, Neal. Rome's most faithful daughter, p. 71

[concordata1-7] Concordata 12

[concordata2-8] Concordata 22

[concordata3-9] Concordata 9

[concordata4-10] Concordata 18

[concordata5-11] Concordata 13

[concordata6-12] Concordata 26

[WIEM-13] (in Polish) Konkordat in Encyklopedia WIEM

[Papstgeschichte-14] Schmidlin, Josef (1922–1939). Papstgeschichte. Vol. IV. München: Köstel-Pusztet. p. 135. OCLC 4533637.

[gerutis-15] Gerutis, Albertas (1984). "Independent Lithuania". In Ed. Albertas Gerutis (ed.). Lithuania: 700 Years. Translated by Algirdas Budreckis (6th ed.). New York: Manyland Books. pp. 218–219. ISBN 0-87141-028-1. LCCN 75-80057.

[eid-16] Eidintas, Alfonsas; Vytautas Žalys; Alfred Erich Senn (September 1999). Ed. Edvardas Tuskenis (ed.). Lithuania in European Politics: The Years of the First Republic, 1918–1940 (Paperback ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-312-22458-3.

[lithuania-17] Eidintas, Alfonsas. Lithuania in European Politics, p. 144.

[The_Seeds_of_Triumph:_Church_and_State_in_Gomułka's_Poland-18] Diskin, Hanna (2004). The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland. Central European University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-963-9241-16-9.

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 The 1925 [[concordat]] (agreement) between the [[Holy See]] and the [[Second Polish Republic]] had 27 articles, which guaranteed the freedom of the Church and the faithful. It regulated the usual points of interests, Catholic instruction in primary schools and secondary schools, nomination of bishops, establishment of [[seminary|seminaries]], a permanent [[nuncio]] in [[Warsaw]], who also represents the interests of the Holy See in [[Gdańsk]].<ref name="concordata"/><ref name="Concordata 8"/> It was considered one of the most favorable concordats for the Holy See, and would become a basis for many future concordats.
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 ==Content==
-Under the concordat, the Church enjoyed full protection of the State and prayed for the leaders of Poland during Sunday mass and on 3 May.<ref name="Concordata 8"/> Clerics made a solemn oath of allegiance to the Polish State.<ref name="concordata1"/> If clergy were under accusation, trial documents would be forwarded to ecclesiastical authorities if clergy were accused of crimes. If convicted, they would not serve incarceration in jails but would be handed over to Church authorities for internment in a monastery or convent.<ref name="concordata2"/> The concordat extended to the [[Latin Rite]] in five ecclesiastical provinces: [[Gniezno]] and [[Poznań]], Warsaw, [[Wilno]], [[Lwów]] and [[Cracow]]. It applied as well to united Catholics of the [[Ruthenian Catholic Church|Greco-Ruthenian rite]] in Lwów, and [[Przemyśl]], and to the [[Armenian Rite]] in Lwów.<ref name="concordata3"/> For religious celebration in the specific rites, Canon law was required to be observed.<ref name="concordata4"/> Catholic instruction was mandatory in all public schools, except universities.<ref name="concordata5"/> In Article 24, the Church and State recognized each other's property rights seeming in part from the time of partition before 1918. This meant that property rights and real estate titles of the Church were respected. A later agreement was to define the status of expropriated Church properties, and until that time, the State would pay Church dotations for its clergy. The concordat stipulated that no part of Polish territory could be placed under the jurisdiction of a bishop outside of Poland<ref name="concordata6"/> or not of Polish citizenship.<ref name="WIEM"/>
+Under the concordat, the Church enjoyed full protection of the State and prayed for the leaders of Poland during Sunday mass and on 3 May.<ref name="Concordata 8"/> Clerics made a solemn oath of allegiance to the Polish State.<ref name="concordata1"/> If clergy were under accusation, trial documents would be forwarded to ecclesiastical authorities if clergy were accused of crimes. If convicted, they would not serve incarceration in jails but would be handed over to Church authorities for internment in a monastery or convent.<ref name="concordata2"/> The concordat extended to the [[Latin Church]] in five ecclesiastical provinces: [[Gniezno]] and [[Poznań]], Warsaw, [[Vilnius|Wilno]], [[Lviv|Lwów]] and [[Kraków]]. It applied as well to [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholics]] of the [[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] in Lwów, and [[Przemyśl]], and to the [[Armenian Catholic Church]] in Lwów.<ref name="concordata3"/> For religious celebration in the specific rites, Canon law was required to be observed.<ref name="concordata4"/> Catholic instruction was mandatory in all public schools, except universities.<ref name="concordata5"/> In Article 24, the Church and State recognized each other's property rights seeming in part from the time of partition before 1918. This meant that property rights and real estate titles of the Church were respected. A later agreement was to define the status of expropriated Church properties, and until that time, the State would pay Church dotations for its clergy. The concordat stipulated that no part of Polish territory could be placed under the jurisdiction of a bishop outside of Poland<ref name="concordata6"/> or not of Polish citizenship.<ref name="WIEM"/>
-On paper, the concordat seemed to be a victory for the Church. But Polish bishops felt forced to take measures against early violations, in the area of marriage legislation and property rights. [[Pope Pius XI]] was supportive of this and of episcopal initiatives to have their own plenary meetings.<ref name="Papstgeschichte"/>
+On paper, the concordat seemed to be a victory for the church. But Polish bishops felt forced to take measures against early violations, in the area of marriage legislation and property rights. [[Pope Pius XI]] was supportive of this and of episcopal initiatives to have their own plenary meetings.<ref name="Papstgeschichte"/>
 ==Lithuania==
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 As a result, a weak coalition government was formed, which, in turn, inspired the [[1926 Lithuanian coup d'état]]. Lithuanian relations with the Holy See were normalized a few months later, on 4 June 1927, when a concordat was signed between [[Cardinal Secretary of State]] [[Pietro Gasparri]] for the Holy See and Dr. [[Jurgis Šaulys]] for Lithuania. The improvements in 1927 were mostly due to the efforts of Prime Minister [[Augustinas Voldemaras]].<ref name="lithuania"/>
+==Annulment==
-==End of the concordat==
 {{main|Reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II}}
-During World War II the Holy See had [[Reorganization of dioceses during World War II|appointed German and Slovak priests to Polish parishes]], violating the concordat.<ref name="WIEM"/> These actions have been condemned by [[Polish government in exile]], which considered it a betrayal and issuing statement saying "Pius XII's decision is tantamount to the acceptance of illegal German demands and comprises an unfriendly act towards the Polish people".<ref name="The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland"/>
+During World War II, the Holy See had [[Reorganization of dioceses during World War II|appointed German and Slovak priests to Polish parishes]], violating the concordat.<ref name="WIEM"/> The actions were condemned by [[Polish government-in-exile]], which considered it a betrayal: "Pius XII's decision is tantamount to the acceptance of illegal German demands and comprises an unfriendly act towards the Polish people".<ref name="The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland"/>
-On 12 September 1945, the [[communist]]-dominated [[Polish Provisional Government]] issued declaration that concordat is no longer valid, citing these violations by the Church. This view was not shared by the Holy See and many Polish priests, such as [[Stefan Wyszyński]], who considered concordat to have only been ended by the Polish side by this declaration.<ref group=nb>The Pope, according to Wyszynski, never ceased to recognize Polish sovereignty and did not make any personal or territorial changes, while the frequent Holy See press reports continued to report about Poland "as a country standing with the free states fighting for a better future". (Micewski, ''Cardinal Wyszinski'', NY, 1984, p. 34) Still, State authorities tried to discredit Pope Pius XII in the eyes of Polish society. His actual speeches and messages to the people of Poland were not known in Poland. (Micewski, 418)</ref>
+On 12 September 1945, the [[communist]]-dominated [[Polish Provisional Government]] issued declaration that concordat is no longer valid, citing the violations by the Church. The view was not shared by the Holy See and many Polish priests, such as [[Stefan Wyszyński]], who considered the concordat to have been ended by only the Polish side by a declaration.<ref group=nb>The Pope, according to Wyszynski, never ceased to recognize Polish sovereignty and did not make any personal or territorial changes, and the frequent Holy See press reports continued to report about Poland "as a country standing with the free states fighting for a better future". (Micewski, ''Cardinal Wyszinski'', NY, 1984, p. 34)
+Still, state authorities tried to discredit Pope Pius XII in the eyes of Polish society. His actual speeches and messages to the people of Poland were not known in Poland. (Micewski, 418)</ref>
-In a larger context, not only Poland, but all East European countries under [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] control cancelled their concordats with the Holy See after 1945, which can be seen as a part of the [[Persecutions against the Catholic Church and Pope Pius XII|Persecutions against the Catholic Church during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII]].
+Not only Poland but also the other Eastern European countries under [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] control cancelled their concordats with the Holy See after 1945, which can be seen as a part of the [[Persecutions against the Catholic Church and Pope Pius XII|Persecutions against the Catholic Church during the pontificate of Pope Pius XII]].
 ==Notes==
-{{reflist|group=nb}}
+{{Reflist|group=nb}}
 ==References==
-{{reflist|2|refs=
+{{Reflist|refs=
 <ref name="Concordata 8">Concordata 8</ref>
-<ref name="Dz">{{pl icon}} Stanisław Dzięciołowski, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,2896/q,Ratyfikacja.Konkordatu..III.i.IV.1925 Ratyfikacja Konkordatu – III i IV 1925]</ref>
+<ref name="Dz">{{in lang|pl}} Stanisław Dzięciołowski, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,2896/q,Ratyfikacja.Konkordatu..III.i.IV.1925 Ratyfikacja Konkordatu – III i IV 1925]</ref>
-<ref name="Papstgeschichte">{{cite book| first=Josef |last=Schmidlin |title=Papstgeschichte |volume=IV |publisher=Köstel-Pusztet |location=München |year=1922–1939 |oclc= 	  4533637 |page=135}}</ref>
+<ref name="Papstgeschichte">{{cite book| first=Josef |last=Schmidlin |title=Papstgeschichte |volume=IV |publisher=Köstel-Pusztet |location=München |year=1922–1939 |oclc= 4533637 |page=135}}</ref>
-<ref name="Rome's most faithful daughter: the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914-1939">{{cite book| title=Rome's most faithful daughter: the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914–1939 |first=Neal |last=Pease |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=B8sj8LntVV0C&pg=PA68 |publisher=Ohio University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-8214-1856-7 |page=68}}</ref>
+<ref name="Rome's most faithful daughter: the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914-1939">{{cite book| title=Rome's most faithful daughter: the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914–1939 |first=Neal |last=Pease |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B8sj8LntVV0C&pg=PA68 |publisher=Ohio University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-8214-1856-7 |page=68}}</ref>
-<ref name="The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland">{{cite book|last=Diskin |first=Hanna |year=2004 |title=The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland| url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Ed-qJqFp56kC&pg=PA29 |publisher=Central European University Press |page=29 |isbn=978-963-9241-16-9}}</ref>
+<ref name="The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland">{{cite book|last=Diskin |first=Hanna |year=2004 |title=The Seeds of Triumph: Church and State in Gomułka's Poland| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ed-qJqFp56kC&pg=PA29 |publisher=Central European University Press |page=29 |isbn=978-963-9241-16-9}}</ref>
-<ref name="WIEM">{{pl icon}} [http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/7596,,,,konkordat,haslo.html Konkordat] in Encyklopedia WIEM</ref>
+<ref name="WIEM">{{in lang|pl}} [http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/7596,,,,konkordat,haslo.html Konkordat] in Encyklopedia WIEM</ref>
 <ref name="concordata">Concordata 3</ref>
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 <ref name="faithful">Pease, Neal. ''Rome's most faithful daughter'', p. 71</ref>
-<ref name="gerutis">{{cite book | last=Gerutis | first=Albertas | editor=Ed. Albertas Gerutis | others=translated by Algirdas Budreckis | title=Lithuania: 700 Years | year=1984 | edition=6th | publisher=Manyland Books | location=New York | id={{LCC | 75-80057}} |isbn=0-87141-028-1 | pages=218–219 | chapter=Independent Lithuania}}</ref>
+<ref name="gerutis">{{cite book | last=Gerutis | first=Albertas | editor=Ed. Albertas Gerutis | translator=Algirdas Budreckis | title=Lithuania: 700 Years | year=1984 | edition=6th | publisher=Manyland Books | location=New York |isbn=0-87141-028-1 | pages=218–219 | chapter=Independent Lithuania| lccn=75-80057 }}</ref>
 <ref name="lithuania">Eidintas, Alfonsas. ''Lithuania in European Politics'', p. 144.</ref>
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 ==Further reading==
-* Łukomski Stanisław, ''Konkordat zawarty dnia 10 lutego 1925 roku pomiędzy Stolicą Apostolską i Rzecząpospolitą Polską'', Łomża 1934
+* Łukomski Stanisław, ''Konkordat zawarty dnia 10 lutego 1925 roku pomiędzy Stolicą Apostolską i Rzecząpospolitą Polską'', Łomża 1934.
-* Wisłocki Jerzy, ''Konkordat polski z 1925 roku: Zagadnienia prawno-polityczne'', Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza 1977
+* Wisłocki Jerzy, ''Konkordat polski z 1925 roku: Zagadnienia prawno-polityczne'', Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza 1977.
 ==External links==
-* {{pl icon}} [http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Konkordat_Polski_ze_Stolic%C4%85_Apostolsk%C4%85_1925 Text of the concordat], [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,1369/q,Konkordat.polski.z.z.10.lutego.1925.roku mirror]
+* {{in lang|pl}} [http://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Konkordat_Polski_ze_Stolic%C4%85_Apostolsk%C4%85_1925 Text of the concordat], [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,1369/q,Konkordat.polski.z.z.10.lutego.1925.roku mirror]
-* {{pl icon}} [http://www.bogitor.eu/miedzywojenny/konkordat.html Ramy prawne funkcjonowania Kościoła – Konkordat 1925 r.]{{Dead link|date=August 2013}}
+* {{in lang|pl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070911181348/http://www.bogitor.eu/miedzywojenny/konkordat.html Ramy prawne funkcjonowania Kościoła – Konkordat 1925 r.]
-* {{pl icon}} Dawid Ropuszyński, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,1817/q,Konkordat.polski.z.1925.r. Konkordat polski z 1925 r.]
+* {{in lang|pl}} Dawid Ropuszyński, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,1817/q,Konkordat.polski.z.1925.r. Konkordat polski z 1925 r.]
-* {{pl icon}} Michał Horoszewicz, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,4968/q,Klopoty.z.poprzednim.konkordatem Kłopoty z poprzednim konkordatem]
+* {{in lang|pl}} Michał Horoszewicz, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,4968/q,Klopoty.z.poprzednim.konkordatem Kłopoty z poprzednim konkordatem]
-* {{pl icon}} Stanisław Piotrowski, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,2898/q,Konkordat.z.1925.roku.przestal.obowiazywac Konkordat z 1925 roku przestał obowiązywać]
+* {{in lang|pl}} Stanisław Piotrowski, [http://www.racjonalista.pl/kk.php/s,2898/q,Konkordat.z.1925.roku.przestal.obowiazywac Konkordat z 1925 roku przestał obowiązywać]
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