The books were burned in an outdoor fire pit.
Catholic priests in Poland are burning copies of the Harry Potter books, claiming the portrayal of magic constitutes a sacrilege.
The page “SMS From Heaven,” a Catholic organization that promotes religious messages, posted the video online. “Catholicism holds a unique position in Poland, as it is symbolically and historically linked to the foundation of the Polish state. However, it also has a significant and apparently growing role in contemporary Polish politics,” Simona Guerra, associate professor of politics at University of Leicester, wrote in a 2016 post for The Democratic Audit UK.
The ruling party’s promotion of Catholicism has also led to stricter laws governing the sexual and reproductive health of women and the country’s LGTBQ population. Last year, Poland’s parliament voted down a measure that would have liberalized abortion laws and instead passed an initiative that banned abortion in cases when the fetus had a congenital disorder.
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