Priests participate in Holy Thursday Mass in Wrocław Cathedral in Wrocław, Poland, on March 28, 2024. / Credit: FotoDax/Shutterstock
Budapest, Hungary, Jul 25, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
PolandstandsoutastheundisputedleaderinreligiousvocationsinEuropein2025,with206newordainedpriests,thehighestnumberonthecontinent. ThisrecentdatafromthePolishCatholicInformationAgencyKAI,reportedbytheCatholicHerald,showsthatwhilemuchofEuropegrappleswithdecliningordinationfigures,Poland’snumbersremainrobust,reflectingadeep-rootedcommitmenttoreligiouslife.
ThisisparticularlyevidentintheDioceseofTarnów(southernPoland),whichleadsthecountrywith13newpriestsscheduledforordinationthisyear.
IncontrasttomuchofEurope,wherethenumberofnewpriestshasfallenbelowreplacementlevels—leadingdiocesestoincreasinglyrelyonclergyfromAfricaandAsia—Poland’scontinuedleadershipinordinationsseemstounderscoretheresilienceofitsCatholicidentityandreligiouspractices. SuchresilienceisespeciallysignificantgiventhatPoland,likeotherEuropeannations,fac
