Polish city calls for grant cut for catechism classes in school

The number of pupils that attends Catholic catechism classes at school declines steadily. Almost half of the students choose to skip the lessons, which are optional at most schools.

Among the younger generation in Poland, fewer and fewer are religiously active. The new results of long-running research show that by CBOS, a state research agency.

Polish Education minister Przemyslaw Czarnek thinks it vital for children to receive Christian education to “save the Latin civilisation in Europe and the world”. The minister made this plea during the “Congress of Christian Pedagogy”.