By Justyna Pawlak and Alicja Ptak
WARSAW (Reuters) - Katarzyna Lipka is no longer Catholic, and she says that is a political statement.
Like most Poles, the 35-year-old has marked life s milestones in the Church, a beacon of freedom in Communist times. Also like many, she d been drifting away. In November, after the country s courts decreed a clampdown on abortion that the bishops had lobbied for, she filed papers to cut loose. I used to think being passive was enough - I just didn t take part, Lipka told Reuters, curled up in an armchair in her apartment. But I decided to speak up.
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