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Catholic Church in Poland

February 16, 2024

"Polish Church" redirects here. For other uses, see Polish Church (disambiguation) and Polish Catholic (disambiguation).

Polish members of the Catholic Church, like elsewhere in the world, are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. The Latin Church and its Episcopal Conference of Poland includes 41 dioceses of the Latin Church; Polish Eastern Catholics are organized under three eparchies. Combined, these comprise about 10,000 parishes and religious orders. There are 40.55 million registered Catholics[1][2]: 4  (the data includes the number of infants baptized) in Poland.[3] The primate of the Church is Wojciech Polak, Archbishop of Gniezno. In the early 2000s, 99% of all children born in Poland were baptized Catholic.[4] In 2015, the church recorded that 97.7% of Poland's population was Catholic.[1] Other statistics suggested this proportion of adherents to Catholicism could be as low as 85%.[5][6] The rate of decline has been described as "devastating"[7] the former social prestige and political influence that the Catholic Church in Poland once enjoyed.[8] On the other hand, a 2023 survey of 36 countries with large Catholic populations using data from the World Values Survey revealed that 52% of Polish Catholics claimed to attend Mass weekly, the seventh highest of the nations surveyed and the highest among European countries.[9] Most Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. About 71.3% of the population identified themselves as such in the 2021 census, down from 88% in 2011.[7]

Monument in Poznań to Karol Wojtyła, a Pole who was Pope John Paul II from 1978 to 2005.

History edit

Further information: Christianization of Poland

Ever since Poland officially adopted Christianity in 966, the Catholic Church has played an important religious, cultural and political role in the country post-schism. Identifying oneself as Catholic distinguished Polish culture and nationality from neighbouring Germany, especially eastern and northern Germany, which is mostly Lutheran, and the countries to the east which are Orthodox. During times of foreign oppression, the Catholic Church was a cultural guard in the fight for independence and national survival. For instance, the Polish abbey in Częstochowa, which successfully resisted a siege in the Swedish invasion of Poland in the 17th century, became a symbol of national resistance to the occupation. The establishment of a communist regime controlled by the Soviet Union following World War II allowed the Church to continue fulfilling this role, although recent allegations suggest there was some minor collaboration between Polish clergy and the regime.[10]

The 1978 election of Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyła as Pope John Paul II strengthened the ties of identification. John Paul's visits to Poland became rallying points for the faithful and galvanized opposition to the Soviet regime. His beatification in 2011 and canonization 3 years later further instilled pride and joy in the Polish people. In 2013, Pope Francis, John Paul II's 2nd successor (and who was made a cardinal by the Polish pope), announced that World Youth Day, the world's largest religious gathering of young people, would be held in Kraków, Poland in 2016.

In 2013 a succession of child sex abuse scandals within the Church, and the poor response by the Church, became a matter of some public concern.[11] The church resisted demands to pay compensation to victims.[12]

Number of Catholics in Poland edit

 
Procession in Wrocław

As of 2023, a majority of Poles, approximately 71%, identified themselves as Catholic, and 58% said they are active practicing Catholics, according to a survey by the Centre for Public Opinion Research.[13] According to the Ministry of Foreigns Affairs of the Republic of Poland, 95% of Poles belong to the Catholic Church;[14] this survey bases the number of adherents on the number of infants baptized,[3] as provided by the Catholic Church. The CIA Factbook gives a number of 87.2% belonging to the Catholic Church in 2012.[15] In the biggest part of Europe, the rates of religious observance have steadily decreased. However, Poland still remains one of the most devoutly religious countries in Europe. Polish Catholics participate in the sacraments more frequently than their counterparts in most Western European and North American countries. A 2023 study by the Church itself revealed that 98.5% of Poles go to confession at least once a year, while 97% of the respondents say they do so more often than once a year.[16] By contrast, a 2005 study by Georgetown University's Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate revealed that only 14% of American Catholics take part in the sacrament of penance once a year, with a mere 2% doing so more frequently.[17] Tarnów is the most religious city in Poland, and Łódź is the least. The southern and eastern parts of Poland are more active in their religious practices than those of the West and North. The majority of Poles continue to declare themselves Catholic.[18] This is in stark contrast to the otherwise similar neighboring Czech Republic, which is one of the least religious practicing areas on Earth, with only 35% declaring "they believe there is a God" of any kind.[19]

A 2014 survey conducted by the Church found that the number of Polish Catholics attending Sunday Mass had increased by two million over the last decade, with 95% of baptized Catholics regularly attending Mass in 2014.[11][20] At the same time, however, this partly results from the fact that since 2004 2.1 million Poles have emigrated to Western Europe.[20] Writing for the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, Church sociologist Rev. Prof. Janusz Mariański has noted that these two million Polish emigrants are still listed in their parish records as members, so when Mass attendance is measured such emigres lower the official records.[21] The proportion of Mass attendees receiving Holy Communion is rising, while the number of Polish Catholic priests continues to rise as ordinations outpace deaths in Poland, though the number of nuns is decreasing.

Religious practice edit

 
Corpus Christi in Sanok

The Centre for Public Opinion Research regularly conducts surveys on religious practice in Poland. A 2012 document reported that for more than a quarter-century church attendance and declarations of religious faith have been stable, decreasing only minimally since 2005 when the grief related to the death of Pope John Paul II led to an increase in religious practice among Poles. In a 2012 study, 52% of Poles declared that they attend religious services at least once a week, 38% do so once or twice a month, and 11% do so never or almost never. Meanwhile, 94% of Poles consider themselves to be religious believers (9% of whom consider themselves "deeply religious"), while only 6% of Poles claim that they are non-believers.[22] According to the Church's own sources,[2]: 4  36.3% of Catholics required to attend the Sunday Mass, take part in it.

Easter continues to be an important holiday for Polish Catholics. According to a 2012 study by the CBOS (Centre for Public Opinion Research), 74% of Poles make an effort to participate in the sacrament of penance before Easter, 59% make an effort to attend the Stations of the Cross or Gorzkie żale (an increase of 6% since 2003), 57% want to improve themselves for the better (an increase of 7%), 49% want to help the needy (an increase of 8%), and 46% want to pray more .[23]

A CBOS opinion poll from April 2014 found the following:

Lenten and Easter observances: Do you...? (CBOS 2014 poll)[24]
Fast on Good Friday 83%
Go to Easter Confession 70%
Have ashes put on your head on Ash Wednesday 64%
Take part in the Easter Triduum celebrations 56%
Take part in an Easter retreat 53%
Take part in the Way of The Cross 52%
Celebrate the Resurrection 48%
Do you try to limit entertainment during Lent? (CBOS 2014 poll)[24]
Yes
 
 53%
No
 
 44%
Hard to say
 
 3%
During Lent, do you think about your life more often? (CBOS 2014 poll)[25]
Yes
 
 38%
No
 
 60%
Hard to say
 
 2%

Apostasy edit

See also: Apostasy in Christianity

During the October 2020 Polish protests, enquiries regarding the procedure for apostasy from the Polish Catholic Church became popular. Web search engine queries showed high frequencies for "apostasy" (Polish: apostazja) and "how to do apostasy" (Polish: jak dokonać apostazji), and a Facebook event titled "Quit the church at Christmas" was followed by 5000 people.[26]

As of 2020, the formal apostasy procedure in the Polish Catholic Church is a procedure defined on 7 October 2015 by the Episcopal Conference of Poland, which became effective as of 19 February 2016.[27][28] It can only be done in person, by delivering an application to a church parish priest. The procedure cannot be done by email, post, or state administrative services.[29]

Latin territories edit

  • Archdiocese
    • Diocese

Latin names of dioceses in italics.

 
Map of Poland with dioceses

Ukrainian Greek Catholic territory edit

 
Map of Poland with eparchies

Extraterritorial units edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland (2014)" (PDF). stat.gov.pl.
  2. ^ a b (PDF). Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia (in Polish). Instytut Statystyki Kościoła Katolickiego SAC. 2017 (2017). 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Kościół podaje 7% ochrzczonych z kapelusza! | Www.wystap.pl – jak wystąpić z kościoła. Centrum informacji i platforma batalii". Wystap.pl. 22 August 2010.
  4. ^ Porter, Brian. "Catholic Church in Poland: Introduction". Making the History of 1989. Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  5. ^ Główny Urząd Statystyczny (2014). Rocznik statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2014 (PDF). Warszawa: Zakład Wydawnictw Statystycznych. (in Polish and English)
  6. ^ US State Dept 2022 report
  7. ^ a b Tilles, Daniel (29 September 2023). "Proportion of Catholics in Poland falls to 71%, new census data show". Notes From Poland. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Religion in Poland". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  9. ^ Jonah McKeown (29 January 2023). "Where is Mass attendance highest? One country is the clear leader". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  10. ^ Smith, Craig S. (10 January 2007). "In Poland, New Wave of Charges Against Clerics". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  11. ^ a b Matthew Day (11 July 2014). "Polish Catholics in decline". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  12. ^ Jan Cienski (11 October 2013). "Polish Catholic Church rocked by sex abuse scandal". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  13. ^ (in Polish) Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej (Centre for Public Opinion Research (Poland) CBOS). Komunikat z badań; Warszawa, Marzec 2005. Co łączy Polaków z parafią? Preface. Accessed 2007-12-14.
  14. ^ . poland.gov.pl. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  15. ^ "CIA - The World Factbook". CIA. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  16. ^ . Wiadomosci.wp.pl. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  17. ^ . Time. 27 September 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007.
  18. ^ . Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
  19. ^ "Social values, Science and Technology" (PDF). Eurobarometer. June 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2006.
  20. ^ a b "Sunday Mass attendance falls below 40% in Poland". CatholicCulture.org. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  21. ^ "Dwa miliony wiernych nie odeszło z kościoła - raczej wyemigrowało". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  22. ^ "CBOS potwierdza. Zdecydowana większość Polaków uznaje się za katolików". wPolityce.pl. April 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  23. ^ "CBOS: Polak może nie chodzić do Kościoła, ale jajkiem się podzieli". Wprost. April 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  24. ^ a b Małgorzata Omyła-Rudzka (April 2014). "PRAKTYKI WIELKOPOSTNE I WIELKANOCNE POLAKÓW" (PDF) (in Polish). CBOS. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  25. ^ Mirosława Grabowska (December 2013). "RELIGIA I KOŚCIÓŁ W PRZESTRZENI PUBLICZNEJ" (PDF) (in Polish). CBOS. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  26. ^ "Apostazja - czym jest i jak wiele osób dokonuje jej w Polsce?" [Apostasy - what it is and how many people do it in Poland?]. Polsat news (in Polish). 26 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  27. ^ Stanisław, Gądecki; Miziński, Artur G. (7 October 2015). "Dekretu Ogólnego Konferencji Episkopatu Polski w sprawie wystąpień z Kościoła oraz powrotu do wspólnoty Kościoła" [General Decree of the Episcopal Conference of Poland regarding quitting the Church and returning to the Church community] (PDF). Episcopal Conference of Poland (in Polish). (PDF) from the original on 14 September 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  28. ^ "Procedura wystąpienia z Kościoła" [Procedure for quitting the Church]. Apostazja Info (in Polish). 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  29. ^ Chabasiński, Rafał (25 October 2020). "Procedura apostazji – jak wystąpić z Kościoła?" [The apostasy procedure - who can you quit the Church?]. bezprawnik (in Polish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

Further reading edit

  • Frucht, Richard. Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture. Volume 1. ABD-CLIO inc. Santa Barbara, Ca.
  • Pease, Neal (Autumn 1991). "Poland and the Holy See, 1918–1939". Slavic Review. Slavic Review, Vol. 50, No. 3. 50 (3): 521–530. doi:10.2307/2499849. JSTOR 2499849. S2CID 155940207.
  • Weinbaum, Laurence (Fall 2002). "Penitence and Prejudice: The Roman Catholic Church and Jedwabne". Jewish Political Studies Review. 14 (3–4) – via Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

External links edit

  • Conference of the Episcopate of Poland (in Polish)
  • Apostasy in Poland
    • Procedura apostazji: poradnik i wzór oświadczenia (in Polish)
    • Apostazja.info - Jak wypisać się z Kościoła katolickiego (in Polish)
    • Home (in Polish)
    • Apostazja – instrukcja krok po kroku i wzory dokumentów (in Polish)

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Polish Church redirects here For other uses see Polish Church disambiguation and Polish Catholic disambiguation Polish members of the Catholic Church like elsewhere in the world are under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome The Latin Church and its Episcopal Conference of Poland includes 41 dioceses of the Latin Church Polish Eastern Catholics are organized under three eparchies Combined these comprise about 10 000 parishes and religious orders There are 40 55 million registered Catholics 1 2 4 the data includes the number of infants baptized in Poland 3 The primate of the Church is Wojciech Polak Archbishop of Gniezno In the early 2000s 99 of all children born in Poland were baptized Catholic 4 In 2015 the church recorded that 97 7 of Poland s population was Catholic 1 Other statistics suggested this proportion of adherents to Catholicism could be as low as 85 5 6 The rate of decline has been described as devastating 7 the former social prestige and political influence that the Catholic Church in Poland once enjoyed 8 On the other hand a 2023 survey of 36 countries with large Catholic populations using data from the World Values Survey revealed that 52 of Polish Catholics claimed to attend Mass weekly the seventh highest of the nations surveyed and the highest among European countries 9 Most Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism About 71 3 of the population identified themselves as such in the 2021 census down from 88 in 2011 7 Catholic Church in PolandPolish Kosciol katolicki w PolsceBasilica of Our Lady of LichenTypeNational polityClassificationCatholicOrientationLatin and Eastern CatholicScriptureBibleTheologyCatholic theologyPolityEpiscopalGovernanceKEPPopeFrancisPrimate of PolandWojciech PolakPresidentStanislaw GadeckiDivisionsArchbishopDivisionsBishopRegionPolandLanguagePolish LatinHeadquartersWarsaw PolandFounderMieszko IOrigin966 Civitas SchinesgheSeparationsPolish Catholic Church of Republic of PolandProtestantism in PolandOfficial websiteKEPMonument in Poznan to Karol Wojtyla a Pole who was Pope John Paul II from 1978 to 2005 Contents 1 History 2 Number of Catholics in Poland 2 1 Religious practice 2 2 Apostasy 3 Latin territories 4 Ukrainian Greek Catholic territory 5 Extraterritorial units 6 See also 7 References 8 Further reading 9 External linksHistory editFurther information Christianization of Poland Ever since Poland officially adopted Christianity in 966 the Catholic Church has played an important religious cultural and political role in the country post schism Identifying oneself as Catholic distinguished Polish culture and nationality from neighbouring Germany especially eastern and northern Germany which is mostly Lutheran and the countries to the east which are Orthodox During times of foreign oppression the Catholic Church was a cultural guard in the fight for independence and national survival For instance the Polish abbey in Czestochowa which successfully resisted a siege in the Swedish invasion of Poland in the 17th century became a symbol of national resistance to the occupation The establishment of a communist regime controlled by the Soviet Union following World War II allowed the Church to continue fulfilling this role although recent allegations suggest there was some minor collaboration between Polish clergy and the regime 10 The 1978 election of Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II strengthened the ties of identification John Paul s visits to Poland became rallying points for the faithful and galvanized opposition to the Soviet regime His beatification in 2011 and canonization 3 years later further instilled pride and joy in the Polish people In 2013 Pope Francis John Paul II s 2nd successor and who was made a cardinal by the Polish pope announced that World Youth Day the world s largest religious gathering of young people would be held in Krakow Poland in 2016 In 2013 a succession of child sex abuse scandals within the Church and the poor response by the Church became a matter of some public concern 11 The church resisted demands to pay compensation to victims 12 Number of Catholics in Poland edit nbsp Procession in WroclawAs of 2023 a majority of Poles approximately 71 identified themselves as Catholic and 58 said they are active practicing Catholics according to a survey by the Centre for Public Opinion Research 13 According to the Ministry of Foreigns Affairs of the Republic of Poland 95 of Poles belong to the Catholic Church 14 this survey bases the number of adherents on the number of infants baptized 3 as provided by the Catholic Church The CIA Factbook gives a number of 87 2 belonging to the Catholic Church in 2012 15 In the biggest part of Europe the rates of religious observance have steadily decreased However Poland still remains one of the most devoutly religious countries in Europe Polish Catholics participate in the sacraments more frequently than their counterparts in most Western European and North American countries A 2023 study by the Church itself revealed that 98 5 of Poles go to confession at least once a year while 97 of the respondents say they do so more often than once a year 16 By contrast a 2005 study by Georgetown University s Center for Applied Research on the Apostolate revealed that only 14 of American Catholics take part in the sacrament of penance once a year with a mere 2 doing so more frequently 17 Tarnow is the most religious city in Poland and Lodz is the least The southern and eastern parts of Poland are more active in their religious practices than those of the West and North The majority of Poles continue to declare themselves Catholic 18 This is in stark contrast to the otherwise similar neighboring Czech Republic which is one of the least religious practicing areas on Earth with only 35 declaring they believe there is a God of any kind 19 A 2014 survey conducted by the Church found that the number of Polish Catholics attending Sunday Mass had increased by two million over the last decade with 95 of baptized Catholics regularly attending Mass in 2014 11 20 At the same time however this partly results from the fact that since 2004 2 1 million Poles have emigrated to Western Europe 20 Writing for the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny Church sociologist Rev Prof Janusz Marianski has noted that these two million Polish emigrants are still listed in their parish records as members so when Mass attendance is measured such emigres lower the official records 21 The proportion of Mass attendees receiving Holy Communion is rising while the number of Polish Catholic priests continues to rise as ordinations outpace deaths in Poland though the number of nuns is decreasing Religious practice edit nbsp Corpus Christi in SanokThe Centre for Public Opinion Research regularly conducts surveys on religious practice in Poland A 2012 document reported that for more than a quarter century church attendance and declarations of religious faith have been stable decreasing only minimally since 2005 when the grief related to the death of Pope John Paul II led to an increase in religious practice among Poles In a 2012 study 52 of Poles declared that they attend religious services at least once a week 38 do so once or twice a month and 11 do so never or almost never Meanwhile 94 of Poles consider themselves to be religious believers 9 of whom consider themselves deeply religious while only 6 of Poles claim that they are non believers 22 According to the Church s own sources 2 4 36 3 of Catholics required to attend the Sunday Mass take part in it Easter continues to be an important holiday for Polish Catholics According to a 2012 study by the CBOS Centre for Public Opinion Research 74 of Poles make an effort to participate in the sacrament of penance before Easter 59 make an effort to attend the Stations of the Cross or Gorzkie zale an increase of 6 since 2003 57 want to improve themselves for the better an increase of 7 49 want to help the needy an increase of 8 and 46 want to pray more 23 A CBOS opinion poll from April 2014 found the following Lenten and Easter observances Do you CBOS 2014 poll 24 Fast on Good Friday 83 Go to Easter Confession 70 Have ashes put on your head on Ash Wednesday 64 Take part in the Easter Triduum celebrations 56 Take part in an Easter retreat 53 Take part in the Way of The Cross 52 Celebrate the Resurrection 48 Do you try to limit entertainment during Lent CBOS 2014 poll 24 Yes 53 No 44 Hard to say 3 During Lent do you think about your life more often CBOS 2014 poll 25 Yes 38 No 60 Hard to say 2 Apostasy edit This section s factual accuracy is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced November 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also Apostasy in Christianity During the October 2020 Polish protests enquiries regarding the procedure for apostasy from the Polish Catholic Church became popular Web search engine queries showed high frequencies for apostasy Polish apostazja and how to do apostasy Polish jak dokonac apostazji and a Facebook event titled Quit the church at Christmas was followed by 5000 people 26 As of 2020 update the formal apostasy procedure in the Polish Catholic Church is a procedure defined on 7 October 2015 by the Episcopal Conference of Poland which became effective as of 19 February 2016 27 28 It can only be done in person by delivering an application to a church parish priest The procedure cannot be done by email post or state administrative services 29 Latin territories editArchdiocese DioceseLatin names of dioceses in italics nbsp Map of Poland with diocesesBialystok Bialostocensis 1 Drohiczyn Drohiczinensis 2 Lomza Lomzensis 3 Cracow Cracoviensis 4 Bielsko Zywiec Bielscensis Zyviecensis 5 Kielce Kielcensis 6 Tarnow Tarnoviensis 7 Czestochowa Czestochoviensis 8 Radom Radomensis 9 Sosnowiec Sosnoviensis 10 Gdansk Gedanensis 11 Pelplin Pelplinensis 12 Torun Thoruniensis 13 Gniezno Gnesnensis 14 Bydgoszcz Bydgostiensis 15 Wloclawek Vladislaviensis 16 Katowice Katovicensis 17 Gliwice Glivicensis 18 Opole Opoliensis 19 Lodz Lodziensis 20 Lowicz Lovicensis 21 Lublin Lublinensis 22 Sandomierz Sandomiriensis 23 Siedlce Siedlecensis 24 Poznan Posnaniensis 25 Kalisz Calissiensis 26 Przemysl Premisliensis 27 Rzeszow Rzeszoviensis 28 Zamosc Lubaczow Zamosciensis Lubaczoviensis 29 Szczecin Kamien Sedinensis Caminensis 30 Koszalin Kolobrzeg Coslinensis Colubreganus 31 Zielona Gora Gorzow Wielkopolski Viridimontanensis Gorzoviensis 32 Warmia Olsztyn Varmiensis 33 Elblag Elbingensis 34 Elk Liccanensis 35 Warsaw Varsaviensis 36 Plock Plocensis 37 Warsaw Praga Varsaviensis Pragensis 38 Wroclaw Vratislaviensis 39 Legnica Legnicensis 40 Swidnica Suidniciensis 41 Ukrainian Greek Catholic territory edit nbsp Map of Poland with eparchiesArcheparchy Eparchies Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Przemysl Warsaw Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Olsztyn Gdansk Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Wroclaw KoszalinExtraterritorial units editMilitary Ordinariate of Polish ArmySee also editThe Most Holy Virgin Mary Queen of Poland List of saints of Poland Religion in Poland Christianity in Poland Protestantism in Poland Polish Orthodox Church Religious denominations in Poland List of Catholic dioceses in Poland List of Polish cardinals Reorganization of occupied dioceses during World War II Nazi persecution of the Catholic Church in Poland Ukrainian Greek Catholic ChurchReferences edit a b Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Poland 2014 PDF stat gov pl a b Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia AD 2017 PDF Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae in Polonia in Polish Instytut Statystyki Kosciola Katolickiego SAC 2017 2017 2017 Archived from the original PDF on 24 October 2022 Retrieved 10 May 2017 a b Kosciol podaje 7 ochrzczonych z kapelusza Www wystap pl jak wystapic z kosciola Centrum informacji i platforma batalii Wystap pl 22 August 2010 Porter Brian Catholic Church in Poland Introduction Making the History of 1989 Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media Retrieved 18 October 2023 Glowny Urzad Statystyczny 2014 Rocznik statystyczny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 2014 PDF Warszawa Zaklad Wydawnictw Statystycznych in Polish and English US State Dept 2022 report a b Tilles Daniel 29 September 2023 Proportion of Catholics in Poland falls to 71 new census data show Notes From Poland Retrieved 7 October 2023 Religion in Poland Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved 9 January 2018 Jonah McKeown 29 January 2023 Where is Mass attendance highest One country is the clear leader Catholic News Agency Retrieved 2 November 2023 Smith Craig S 10 January 2007 In Poland New Wave of Charges Against Clerics The New York Times Retrieved 17 March 2012 a b Matthew Day 11 July 2014 Polish Catholics in decline The Daily Telegraph Retrieved 12 July 2014 Jan Cienski 11 October 2013 Polish Catholic Church rocked by sex abuse scandal Financial Times Archived from the original on 10 December 2022 Retrieved 12 July 2014 in Polish Centrum Badania Opinii Spolecznej Centre for Public Opinion Research Poland CBOS Komunikat z badan Warszawa Marzec 2005 Co laczy Polakow z parafia Preface Accessed 2007 12 14 Churches and Religious Life in Poland poland gov pl Archived from the original on 13 August 2019 Retrieved 28 July 2008 CIA The World Factbook CIA Retrieved 11 August 2014 80 Polakow chodzi do spowiedzi Wiadomosci WP PL Wiadomosci wp pl Archived from the original on 29 December 2014 Retrieved 21 May 2010 A Comeback for Confession Time 27 September 2007 Archived from the original on 5 October 2007 Liczenie wiernych w kosciolach Archived from the original on 27 June 2018 Retrieved 19 February 2008 Social values Science and Technology PDF Eurobarometer June 2005 Retrieved 19 December 2006 a b Sunday Mass attendance falls below 40 in Poland CatholicCulture org 24 July 2014 Retrieved 16 August 2014 Dwa miliony wiernych nie odeszlo z kosciola raczej wyemigrowalo Retrieved 18 April 2017 CBOS potwierdza Zdecydowana wiekszosc Polakow uznaje sie za katolikow wPolityce pl April 2012 Retrieved 11 December 2012 CBOS Polak moze nie chodzic do Kosciola ale jajkiem sie podzieli Wprost April 2012 Retrieved 11 December 2012 a b Malgorzata Omyla Rudzka April 2014 PRAKTYKI WIELKOPOSTNE I WIELKANOCNE POLAKoW PDF in Polish CBOS Retrieved 6 July 2015 Miroslawa Grabowska December 2013 RELIGIA I KOSCIoL W PRZESTRZENI PUBLICZNEJ PDF in Polish CBOS Retrieved 6 July 2015 Apostazja czym jest i jak wiele osob dokonuje jej w Polsce Apostasy what it is and how many people do it in Poland Polsat news in Polish 26 October 2020 Archived from the original on 28 October 2020 Retrieved 28 October 2020 Stanislaw Gadecki Mizinski Artur G 7 October 2015 Dekretu Ogolnego Konferencji Episkopatu Polski w sprawie wystapien z Kosciola oraz powrotu do wspolnoty Kosciola General Decree of the Episcopal Conference of Poland regarding quitting the Church and returning to the Church community PDF Episcopal Conference of Poland in Polish Archived PDF from the original on 14 September 2016 Retrieved 29 October 2020 Procedura wystapienia z Kosciola Procedure for quitting the Church Apostazja Info in Polish 2020 Archived from the original on 28 October 2020 Retrieved 28 October 2020 Chabasinski Rafal 25 October 2020 Procedura apostazji jak wystapic z Kosciola The apostasy procedure who can you quit the Church bezprawnik in Polish Archived from the original on 28 October 2020 Retrieved 28 October 2020 Further reading editFrucht Richard Eastern Europe An Introduction to the People Lands and Culture Volume 1 ABD CLIO inc Santa Barbara Ca Pease Neal Autumn 1991 Poland and the Holy See 1918 1939 Slavic Review Slavic Review Vol 50 No 3 50 3 521 530 doi 10 2307 2499849 JSTOR 2499849 S2CID 155940207 Weinbaum Laurence Fall 2002 Penitence and Prejudice The Roman Catholic Church and Jedwabne Jewish Political Studies Review 14 3 4 via Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs External links 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