Download or read book Transnational Catholicism in Post-Communist Europe written by Timothy A. Byrnes and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2001-08-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of three case studies—Poland, Croatia, and the Slovak Republic—Timothy 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.