In response, foreign minister Radosław Sikorski accused the bishop of “inciting against refugees”.
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Constitutional court rules against Polish government’s cuts to religious teaching in schools
The education ministry plans to halve the number of hours that Catholic catechism classes are taught.
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Access to religion classes in public school is a human right, argued the Catholic church’s central body in Poland.
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Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki also appealed to the pair to end their hunger strike.
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The incident led to the resignation of the local bishop.
Polish bishop warns of return to “dark times of communism” under new government
He pointed to the removal of a cross from a public office and a proposal to reduce the teaching of Catholic catechism in public schools.
Church attendance in Poland rose after pandemic but remains well below pre-Covid levels
The proportion of Catholics who attended Sunday mass in 2021 stood at 29.5% in 2022, up from 28.3% in 2021 but below the 36.9% figure in 2019.
Catholic church calls for dialogue with new government on proposed changes to school religion classes
The new education minister wants to see the number of state-funded catechism classes halved to one hour a week.
Abandoned 16th-century church for sale in Poland
The property, priced at 800,000 zloty, is “ideal for use as a banquet, wedding or conference hall”, says the estate agent.
Goats escape drunk owner, visit library and church, before police apprehend them at bus stop
Images of the goats’ big day out went viral in Poland this week.
NATO, army and EU Poles’ most trusted institutions; public media, top court and government most distrusted
Poles’ trust in all institutions has declined since last year, with the police seeing the largest fall.
Polish bishop resigns after reports of priests’ “sex party with male prostitute”
The bishop asked for forgiveness and apologised “if I have offended anyone or neglected anything”.
Polish city calls for end to municipal funding of Catholic catechism classes in schools
Wrocław, Poland’s third-largest city, spends millions of zloty a year on religion classes even though now only a minority of pupils attend them.
