The local bishop revealed that the diocese is establishing a special commission to investigate the scandals.
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AI-enabled “nanochapel” opens in Poland, offering parishioners 24-hour access
Using a special app, parishioners can access the space 24 hours a day to pray, meet with others, and even chat with an AI assistant.
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Dramatic fall in church attendance in Poland, official figures show
The proportion of Catholics in Poland attending mass has fallen from 37% to 28% in two years, according to the church’s statistical institute.
Polish city becomes first to call for end to public funding of Catholic catechism classes in schools
In Poland, religion classes are hosted and funded by public schools but with curriculums and teachers chosen by the Catholic church.
Church apologises after priest filmed holding down child at special needs school
The school has suspended the priest and police have passed evidence on to prosecutors.
Polish TikTok priest gains social media fame dancing with his high-school students
“As a priest, I want to show that the church is not so rigid, and that it radiates positive energy and is attractive,” says Father Adrian Chojnacki.
Only 29% attend Catholic catechism in Warsaw high schools as church warns of “wave of apostasies”
Three years ago, the figure was 44%.
Court acquits men who toppled statue of Polish priest accused of child sex abuse
The three men had been found guilty by a lower court, but were yesterday acquitted on appeal.
Polish pop star announces he is quitting Catholic church
“I have a problem with the institution, not with the faith,” said singer Dawid Podsiadło while announcing his apostasy.
Catholic diocese ordered to pay compensation to victim of child sex abuse by priest
The church initially treated the victim as an “accomplice in the sin of adultery” during an ecclesiastical trial that found the priest not guilty.
“Insulting or ridiculing church” to be jailable crime under bill supported by Polish justice minister
“We live in a time of increasing aggression towards people who have the courage to admit their faith,” says Zbigniew Ziobro.
Polish Catholic diocese to ordain deacons, allowing married men to conduct services
The development comes as the number of newly ordained priests and students joining seminaries has been falling.
“Poland will either be Christian or it won’t exist,” says education minister
“We must be counter-revolutionaries” against the “putrid, anti-religious activities” of the West, says Przemysław Czarnek.
Growing divide between clergy and faithful in Poland, church report reveals
Poland’s Catholic episcopate has summarised the results of consultations with around 100,000 parishioners across the country.
