Father Casimir Wyszynski

61 The Servant of Mary Immaculate imposing this work on themand deliberately postponing Confes- sion and Holy Communion. Even the non-believers and heretics keep on ridiculing the abuses and improprieties perpetrated in regard to this sacred and salutary Church commandment as they hear people constantly grumble amongst themselves and com- plain about their pastors. Therefore, [speaking] on behalf of the faithful, both men and men, in this Kingdomof Poland, without any regard tomyself and being driven only by the Divine commandment of loving one’s neighbor and caring for his salvation, I humbly beg Your Holiness to rectify these improprieties and abuses and put an end to them by sending your apostolic letter to all the dioceses of the aforesaid Kingdom.” 25 On January 24, 1753, Father Casimir recorded: “I submitted the same petition to the secretariat of His Eminence, Cardinal Valenti, Secretary of State, because the document had an inscrip- tion written by the Holy Father: ‘For His Eminence, Cardinal Sec- retary of State, to request information on this matter from the Nuncio in Poland.’ I asked if I should submit the petition person- ally or by post. I was told not to worry about it anymore because the letter would be sent by Papal mail. When the answer arrives, inquiries can be made about the results.” 26 The petitionwas sent to the Apostolic Nuncio inDresden, who wrote to Cardinal Valenti, Secretary of State, on February 19, 1753: “There are numerous and serious irregularities in the King- dom of Poland, but I have never heard about what is claimed in the petition sent to me by your Eminence, i.e., that many parish priests do not allow the faithful to Confession and Easter Com- munion until these people do work at the priest’s home, garden or property. This is indeed a serious misdeed, which seems to be extraordinary and simply unbelievable at the same time. Never- theless, I will immediately seek information that I will submit ac- cordingly to Your Eminence.” 27 25 Ibid, 367-370. 26 Ibid, 370. 27 Father Boleslaus Jakimowicz, MIC described further developments in this