Poland is going through a similar path like Ireland
Ireland was back in the 1970s the most religious country in Western Europe,with church **attendance close to 90%**,higher than most religious states in US
as close as 1990 church attendance was still at 80%
IIRC when the pope visited Ireland in the 1970s , one quarter of Irish population went to see him
Nowadays church attendance for Catholics is only 35%, and around 15% of the population is non-religious
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interesting how fast religious habits and beliefs can change in 2 generations
Love to see it.
Good news for Poland
They don’t need dedicated gatherings any more, the Catholic bigot propaganda is on their TV screens and smartphone every minute.
Self-inflicted.
In the 60s the Catholic Church held a council called Vatican II.
It was actually just the 2nd part of Vatican I which was meant to achieve (after centuries!) the spilt between Church and State(s) but got distracted by various wars and other things.
Even when Vat II actually happened, most Catholics rejected it because it came down firmly on the side of the actual Gospel.
For 40 years the Church has been spinning its wheels. With the current Pope we finally got a clear voice saying that God is on the side of the poor.
Expect to see A LOT more people leave in rich countries.
Who would have though that having access to massive knowledge base all the time (the internet, to be clear) would have made pre-Enlightenment levels of knowledge obsolete. I mean, today religion can only have a meaning as a way to understand ethics, the human condition etc. but most people don’t care about these things anymore, so yeah.
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source:[https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/01/14/dramatic-fall-in-church-attendance-in-poland-official-figures-show/](https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/01/14/dramatic-fall-in-church-attendance-in-poland-official-figures-show/)
Poland is going through a similar path like Ireland
Ireland was back in the 1970s the most religious country in Western Europe,with church **attendance close to 90%**,higher than most religious states in US
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland#Church_attendance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland#Church_attendance)
as close as 1990 church attendance was still at 80%
IIRC when the pope visited Ireland in the 1970s , one quarter of Irish population went to see him
Nowadays church attendance for Catholics is only 35%, and around 15% of the population is non-religious
​
interesting how fast religious habits and beliefs can change in 2 generations
Love to see it.
Good news for Poland
They don’t need dedicated gatherings any more, the Catholic bigot propaganda is on their TV screens and smartphone every minute.
Self-inflicted.
In the 60s the Catholic Church held a council called Vatican II.
It was actually just the 2nd part of Vatican I which was meant to achieve (after centuries!) the spilt between Church and State(s) but got distracted by various wars and other things.
Even when Vat II actually happened, most Catholics rejected it because it came down firmly on the side of the actual Gospel.
For 40 years the Church has been spinning its wheels. With the current Pope we finally got a clear voice saying that God is on the side of the poor.
Expect to see A LOT more people leave in rich countries.
Who would have though that having access to massive knowledge base all the time (the internet, to be clear) would have made pre-Enlightenment levels of knowledge obsolete. I mean, today religion can only have a meaning as a way to understand ethics, the human condition etc. but most people don’t care about these things anymore, so yeah.