Transnational Catholicism in Post-Communist Europe

Through the use of three case studiesPoland, Croatia, and the Slovak RepublicTimothy Byrnes argues that the Catholic Church remains deeply involved in the central politics of this vital region over both governmental structure and public policy; deeply implicated (for better or worse) in the ethnic divisions that characterize the post-communist era; and profoundly part of the social fabric of virtually every state in East Central Europe.