In the article the author presents the analysis of cultural processes that have a negative impact on the Catholic Church and Christianity, threatening the very essence of the mission of the Church, as well as leading to dechristianisation of societies. The disquisition presented in the article starts from the problem of political involvement of priests. The author presents the argumentation taken from the teachings of the Catholic Church, showing why priests should keep a distance from politics, as well as exceptions to this rule. Analysing further the Church's coming too close to politics, the article focuses on the phenomenon of reducing the idea of salvation and mission of the Church to the dimension of worldliness as a process that may ...