Poland’s Hidden Hand Behind Croatian Catholic Lobby Group

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Sort of the other side of the coin from that other Poland article from BI:

Poland’s Hidden Hand Behind Croatian Catholic Lobby Group
The founding documents of a prominent Catholic lobby group in Croatia show how Polish anti-abortion pressure groups are taking their fight beyond borders.

Two years ago, John Vice Batarelo took the stage before a packed hall in Zagreb’s downtown Hotel Dubrovnik. It was the opening night of the first ever TradFest, the Festival of Tradition and Conservative Ideas, organised by Batarelo’s Vigilare Foundation.

A 49-year-old Australian of Croatian origin, and a devout Catholic, Batarelo wore a broad smile as he addressed the audience, which included the conservative American Cardinal and critic of Pope Francis, Raymond Leo Burke.

The first speech of the night, said Batarelo, would be about Poland, by Slawomir Olejniczak, the head of the Father Piotr Skarga Association for Christian Culture, an ultra-conservative Catholic organisation in Poland.

Read more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/poland-marks-independence-centenary-trying-to-remake-europe-11-09-2018