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How steep is Poland’s drop in Mass attendance?

Around 28% of Poland’s Catholics attended Mass in 2021, according to the latest official statistics. The new figures were said to indicate a “dramatic fall” in church attendance in one of Europe’s most Catholic countries. So, what does the new data say? How do researchers interpret it? And what is the Church doing in response to the decline? The Pillar takes a look.