Polish Bishops Warn New School Changes Marginalize Religion Classes
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In an open letter to Education Minister Barbara Nowacka, the Association of Lay Catechists objects to her interpretation of the statement by the Presidium of the Polish Bishops' Conference, "Young people deserve more." As the catechists emphasize, the bishops' position cannot be presented as a demand for the introduction of "compulsory catechesis."
Polish bishops warn new school changes marginalize religion classes
Ahead of the start of the school year in Poland, local bishops there again raised concerns about changes introduced by the Ministry of National Education. They call for the full restoration of religious education and warn about mandatory “health education.”We feel “obligated to speak out in the spirit of pastoral care for the young,” the episcopate writes in a statement titled “A Young Person Deserves More.”The document was published Aug. 24 and…
The Ministry of National Education does not plan to change the regulation on organizing religious education in public kindergartens and schools, ministry spokesperson Ewelina Gorczyca told PAP in response to Monday's appeal from bishops to "restore the proper place of religious education classes in schools." In accordance with decisions of the Ministry of National Education, from September 1, 2025, religious education classes will be held in one…
While in Hamburg (Germany) the fifteen Catholic schools of the archdiocese have begun to implement a sex education framework questioned by a group of parents, the Polish Episcopal Conference has called on the Government to respect the educational rights of families in the face of the new mandatory Health Education and to "immediately" reinstate the place of Religion classes in schools.
With the start of the school year approaching, the Presidium of the Polish Episcopal Conference issued a statement with the telling title "Young People Deserve More." The bishops stated that they were observing the Ministry of Education's actions regarding religious education with concern. "Religious education is not a privilege of the Church. It is a constitutional right of students and parents, stemming from the principle of freedom of conscie…
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