The measures were due to go into effect at the start of the new school year next week.
The measures were due to go into effect at the start of the new school year next week.
But a large majority still identify both as believers (87%) and as belonging to Poland’s dominant Roman Catholic faith (89%).
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“Participation is not only an obligation, but also a loving meeting with Jesus Christ, the doctor of our souls and bodies.”
“Poland is the last country in which the church is not waving the white flag,” says Przemysław Czarnek.
He also criticised a German supermarket for evading Poland’s Sunday trading ban and praised the government for its Covid response.
People “misunderstand freedom as debauchery”, but they can be saved by “surrendering to Jesus”.
During the class at a public school he described homosexuality as an “illness” and outlined various “treatments”.
They were produced using cell lines derived from aborted foetuses.
“Blood libel” claims are a longstanding antisemitic canard.
Reports indicate that a record number of Poles submitted acts of apostasy last year, amid sex-abuse scandals and anger over an abortion ban.
Official data show declining attendance.
The church has faced criticism for allowing “political propaganda” at a religious service.
Wojciech Kość
After 30 years, fewer pupils are attending religion classes than ever before.
The archbishop of Kraków also identified Berlin and New York as “important centres” trying to “force LGBT ideology” on Poland.