WorldcrunchArkadiusz Gruszczyński has been writing for “Wyborcza” since 2015. He has also published in “Tygodnik Powszechny,” “Miesięcznik Znak,” “Dwutygodnik,” “Vogue” and “Przekrój,” hosted a cultural program on the independent Radio Kapitał, published an interview with rapper Miuosh in the Znak publishing house, and collaborated with Warsaw cultural institutions for many years. He lives in Ochota, but was born in Jerzmanowa in Lower Silesia, which he misses from time to time.
Pope Francis had a remarkable impact on the Vatican. In Poland, the last Catholic stronghold of Europe, Francis took action, forcing high-ranking officials in the Church to resign, and dismissing some altogether. For Poland, a country still reckoning with the impacts of Pope John Paul II, both positive and negative, Francis’s papacy held particular weight.