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Poland Other Churches
A total of forty-two non-Catholic church groups existed
in
Poland in 1989, accounting for about 2 percent of the
population.
In the communist era, the legal status of these
communities was
severely restricted. In March 1988, the Polish Ecumenical
Council, which represented the major non-Catholic groups,
began
participating in a commission with government
representatives to
restore unrestricted freedom of religion. The 1989 law on
freedom
of conscience and creed redefined the state's relationship
to all
religions, conferring equal status on the Roman Catholic
and the
minority churches.
Data as of October 1992
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