From the Telegraph.

First the Cardinal Archbishop said:

“I would hope those responsible for the Polish church here, and the Poles themselves, will be aware that they should become a part of local parishes as soon as possible when they learn enough of the language.”

Then the Polish immigrant said:

“How can he demand that we stop praying in Polish? Is it a sin? I feel my inner conscience has been violated, leaving me spiritually raped.”

Then the immigrant Polish priest said:

“If we lose our national identity, we lose everything.”

Now was this Cardinal O’Hara, a Polish émigré, and Father Hodur, in Scranton, circa 1897?

Nope, this is England today.

Cardinal O’Hara played by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Polish émigré played by a Polish émigré, and Fr. Hodur played by Fr Tadeusz Kukla.

Now some thought that nativism was only endemic in the United States. But, the Roman Catholic Church’s chief representative in England (as the Young Fogey would point out, he is no lover of Catholic tradition – something the Poles go in for) proves nativism is alive and well, at least in “his” church.

When I saw this I nearly choked on my coffee.