‘Kuria’ is a story about the place where the Church ends and a lavish court begins. Artur Nowak takes us on a journey through dioceses where bishops do not simply live – they reside. Where the order serves not God but discipline, influence and mammon. Here there are media advisers, Italian secretaries and chapels better equipped than hospitals. There are cardinals and archbishops who glide across marble floors rather than walk among the people. And there are also those who have built themselves private versions of the Vatican, with vast gardens, impressive libraries, chapels costing millions and a staff of highly qualified servants whose task is to ensure a beautiful, luxurious life that ordinary priests can only envy. What secrets are hidden in the places from which the Church governs Poland? Artur Nowak (b. 1974) is a lawyer, journalist and writer, and among other things co-author, with Professor Stanisław Obirek, of the bestselling works of reportage ‘Babilon. Kryminalna historia Kościoła’, ‘Gomora. Władza, strach i pieniądze w polskim Kościele’, ‘Skandaliści w sutannach’, ‘Antysemickie chrześcijaństwo’ and ‘Gehenna. Kościelna okupacja Polski’. With the philosopher Ireneusz Ziemiński he published the book ‘Chrześcijaństwo. Amoralna religia’, and with the philosopher Tadeusz Bartoś ‘Bóg odszedł z poczuciem winy’. He also wrote ‘Kroniki opętanej’, a novel presenting the fact-based story of a teenage girl abused by exorcists. He is also the author of the reportage ‘Adwokaci. Zraniony zapał’. He is co-creator of the podcast ‘Kryminalna historia Kościoła’, which won an Empik Bestseller award for 2022. The next season of the podcast received the Best Audio award in 2023. Since 2021 he has hosted his own podcast, ‘Wysłuchanie’, on the Sekielski Brothers Studio channel.