Proportion of Catholics in Poland falls to 71%, new census data show

https://notesfrompoland.com/2023/09/29/proportion-of-catholics-in-poland-falls-to-71-new-census-data-show/

... The new data, released by Statistics Poland (GUS), a state agency, show that in the 2021 census, 27.1 million people (71.3%) identified themselves as followers of the Roman Catholic church. That was down from 33.7 million (87.6%) at the last census a decade earlier. Meanwhile, the proportion saying that they belonged to no faith almost tripled, from 2.4% in 2011 to 6.9% in 2021. Likewise, those who refused to answer the question also almost tripled, from 7.1% to 20.5%. ... Among young Poles, the decline was even more dramatic: from 69% practising regularly in 1992 to 23% in 2021. ...

All other faiths, including Orthodox, are under 1% so it's not like the ex-Catholics are looking for a stronger walk with the Lord in other denominations. They've just given up, entirely.

Yet, in the 1980s, Polish Catholicism appeared strong. With Lech Wałęsa, Solidarność, and John Paul II leading the charge, it was a strong force against communism. The faith of people was sincere, at least it seemed so as someone looking in from a distance.

But I wonder if perhaps the Faith was more of a political movement with a vaneer of religion, rather than a sincere religion working out the implications of Faith in the public square.

Or maybe the 1980s are too long ago, and the younger generations don't remember and just aren't plugged in?

Any Polish Anons have two cents to chip into the convo?

The bigger implications for the Great Awakening are that the spiritual side of THIS movement ought to be deep and sincere, and not just a vaneer for POLITICAL opposition. Lest we go the way of Poland (and Italy, and Quebec) and lose our faith when we win (note: when, not if), we have to make sure that spirituality and the walk with God come FIRST. Political opposition to the WEF etc. has to flow out of FAITH.