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Assessing the religiousness of Poles in 2012

In early 2012, the Public Opinion Research Centre (Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej, CBOS) conducted a study on the religiousness of Poles. The study was commissioned by the Centre for Thought (...)

In early 2012, the Public Opinion Research Centre (Centrum Badania Opinii Społecznej, CBOS) conducted a study on the religiousness of Poles. The study was commissioned by the Centre for Thought of John Paul II and was conducted from 11 to 16 January 2012. In comparison to previous results obtained in 2009, the research showed a slight decline among the followers of the Catholic religion. The number of people who declared to be Catholic in 2009 was 94.7%, while in January 2012 it was 93.1%. As for religious practice, 54% of those polled practice at least once a week, and 6% claim to do so several times a week. Compared to 2009, the percentage of people declaring themselves as nonbelievers, agnostics or atheists rose from 2.1% to 4.2%.

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D 19 April 2013    ARadosław Piestrak

Religious practice 2011

The survey “Religion and religiousness - Self-declarations” conducted in January 2012 by CBOS (the Polish Centre for Social Surveys) revealed that the great majority of adult Poles (93%) (...)

The survey “Religion and religiousness - Self-declarations” conducted in January 2012 by CBOS (the Polish Centre for Social Surveys) revealed that the great majority of adult Poles (93%) invariably declare themselves as Catholics.

In 2011, the Institute of statistics of the Catholic church stated that an average of 40% of Catholics participate in everyday mass and that the holy communion is taken by 16,1%. The diocese where these indexes are the highest (everyday practice 68,2%; holy communion practice 23,5%) is the diocese of Tarnów while the diocese of Łódż has the lowest church attendance rate (25,8%) and the diocese of Koszalin and Kołobrzeg the lowest rate of people taking communion (10,8%).

Sources: CBOS - The Polish Centre for Social Surveys (report of the survey) and ISKK - The Institute of Statistics of the Catholic Church

D 11 June 2013    AUrszula Szczęch

Changes in the faith and religiosity of Poles after the death of Pope John Paul II

Religious practice
Religious practice was on a relatively stable level in the years 1997-2005, but declined after the death of John Paul II. Since 2005, the proportion of respondents who (...)

Religious practice

Religious practice was on a relatively stable level in the years 1997-2005, but declined after the death of John Paul II. Since 2005, the proportion of respondents who practice regularly, i.e. attend religious service at least once a week, fell from 58% to 50%, while the number of people who never attend rose from 9% to 13%.

Source: "Changes in indicators of religiousness after John Paul II’s death", Polish Public Opinion, February 2015.
More information about this topic can be found in the CBOS report in Polish: "Changes in indicators of religiosity after the death of pope John Paul II", Polish Public Opinion, February 2015.

Question: How often do you pray?
Response in the year 1998 2005 2009 2012
Every day 56% 56% 42% 38%
More than once a week 14% 11% 13% 17%
Once a week 10% 13% 14% 15%
At least once a week 10% 13% 14% 15%
Several times a year 7% 6% 13% 11%
Once a year or rarely 3% 3% 3% 4%
Never 4% 4% 5% 6%

Sources: CBOS - The Polish Centre for Social Surveys (report of the survey, page 13 (in Polish).

D 29 June 2016    AMichał Zawiślak

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