What about Poles' trust in the Church “The results leave no illusions”

By IBRiS studies for PAP the full percent of persons who declare trust (‘declaration’ or ‘declaration’) to Catholic Church, fell from 58 percent in September 2016 to 35.1% in September 2025. This is simply a 22.9 percent point drop over little than a decade.

Simultaneously level of distrust nearly doubled during the same period, from 24.2% to 47.1%.

Trust in the Church. Latest IBRiS poll

IBRiS noted that "the most alarming change" has occurred in the last year. Between October 2024 and September 2025 the full assurance rate fell by 4.3 percent points.

The Institute pointed out that this is 1 of the worst results in terms of the rate of decline recorded in the past of the studies presented. As the IBRiS pointed out, at the same time, the percent of the "decisive distrusters" increased by 4.8 percent points, suggesting that this group is the main origin in the decline.

– The results presented leave no uncertainty – we are dealing with A crisis of assurance in unprecedented dynamics. A drop of more than 4 percent points in just 1 year is simply a signal that trust erosion has accelerated to date. Church Institution He is increasingly losing his position as a natural authority in society, which is seen especially in a increasing group of people who surely do not trust him. These results point to the request for deep reflection and strategical change in communication, in order to be able to recover at least part of lost social capital," said IBRiS manager Kamil Smogorzewski.

Polarization of attitudes towards the Church. fresh poll

According to the Institute, the survey besides shows the increasing polarization of attitudes towards the Church.

The percent of people who "strongly trust" the Church has reached a evidence low of 7.2 percent, while the group "strongly distrusting" is 26.1 percent.

The survey was conducted on 12-13 September 2025 on a typical group of 1067 adult Poles, utilizing CATI method.

According to the latest data (in 2023) Institutes of statistic of the Catholic Church Every Sunday, 29.02 percent of the faithful go to church, and 14.02 receive Holy Communion.

In 2023 267.2 1000 were baptized, i.e. 11.6 p. % lower than in the erstwhile year and about 28% lower than in 2019.

77.2 1000 couples were given a Sacrament of Marriage (a decrease of 12.1 percent points compared to last year and about 38 percent points compared to 2019).