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All Saint’s Day in Poland, Official bank holiday in Poland

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  All Saint’s Day in Poland, Official bank holiday in Poland.   It is no longer news that Poland’s culture is deeply intertwined with Catholicism. In fact, for many Poles, either you are a Catholic or you belong to other religions (not denominations per se). While it is true that the Country is a Strong Catholic country, it’s worth to mention that there are other religions and there are no conflicts or discrimination on one’s religion or worship. The proportion of people in Poland identifying as Roman Catholics has fallen to 71% in the latest national census, down from 88% a decade earlier.  The figures mirror other findings from recent years showing declining attachment to Poland’s Catholic church, which has been hit by a series of scandals over child sex abuse by clergy and has faced criticism for its support of an unpopular near-total ban on abortion. The new data, released by Statistics Poland (GUS), a state agency, show that in the 2021 census, 27.1 million people (71.3%) ide