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Church in Poland

Poland sees another dip in new seminarians

New figures show an almost 15% year-on-year drop. 

Luke Coppen
Oct 24, 2023
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The number of men beginning priestly formation in Poland has fallen again, according to statistics released Monday.

A seminary chapel in Poznań, Poland, pictured Sept. 15, 2018. © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Poland’s Conference of Rectors of Diocesan and Religious Major Seminaries announced Oct. 23 that 280 men had entered the country’s diocesan, religious, and missionary seminaries in the new academic year.

On the 280 new candidates, 195 are st…

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