Novus Ordo Erodes Poland
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• Last year Łódź, Poland’s fourth largest city, ordained 10 candidates.
• Łódź Seminary had over 100 students during the time of John Paul II, now it has 31 students (2006: 70).
• Olsztyn Diocese did not ordain any new priests for the first time since 1950.
• 828 candidates entered the Polish seminaries in 2012. In 2021: 356.
• Kraków, Poland’s second largest city, had seven ordinations, half the number of two decades ago.
• 90% of Poles are officially classified as Catholics, 42% say they practise their faith at least once per week.
• The problem of Poland’s Church is that it is riding down the Novus Ordo abyss without learning from the mistakes made in other countries.
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