{"id":230798,"date":"2025-03-30T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-catholics-are-leaving-the-church-in-poland-focus-on-europe\/"},"modified":"2025-03-30T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T08:00:11","slug":"why-catholics-are-leaving-the-church-in-poland-focus-on-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-catholics-are-leaving-the-church-in-poland-focus-on-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Catholics are leaving the church in Poland | Focus on Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_9HFgtD4oqo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why Catholics are leaving the church in Poland | Focus on Europe\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_9HFgtD4oqo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Poland has long been deeply Catholic\u2014but younger generations are walking away from the Church. In many parishes, pews are empty. But in Gda\u0144sk, priest Krzysztof Nieda\u0142towski is drawing crowds and inspiring a different kind of faith. <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#Poland #CatholicChurch #Faith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poland has long been deeply Catholic\u2014but younger generations are walking away from the Church. In many parishes, pews are empty. 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