Priestly ordinations still declining in Poland

For the first time this century, the country will see fewer than 200 priestly ordinations this year.

A total of 196 new priests are scheduled to be ordained in Poland this year, continuing a long-term decline in numbers.

A newly ordained priest’s hands are anointed with chrism. © Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk.

Poland’s Catholic information agency KAI reported that 130 of the candidates will be diocesan priests and 66 will serve within religious orders.

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