Night of the Confessionals held for Polish Catholics

Millions of Polish Catholics are expected to flock to confess their sins as Christians prepare to celebrate Easter.

Pixabay License

Image by Mirosław i Joanna Bucholc from Pixabay

A Night of the Confessionals will be held in churches across the country to make life easier for the faithful and allow them to go to confession late at night.

The Night of the Confessionals initiative was launched in 2010.

Noc Konfesjonałów to oddolna inicjatywa duchownych. Została zorganizowana po raz pierwszy 2 kwietnia 2010 r. w Szczecinie dla upamiętnienia piątej rocznicy odejścia Jana Pawła II.https://t.co/diIEdYXgx7

— eKAI (@ekaipl) March 30, 2023

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by fundacja Jego (@jego.42)

The annual campaign aims to encourage people to go to confession during the Holy Week, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency has reported.

The campaign's coordinator, Fr. Grzegorz Adamski, says that a special website and a mobile app have been developed "to help people prepare for the sacrament of penance" and deepen their spiritual experience of the Easter holidays.

According to pollster CBOS, 54 percent of Poles go to confession in the run-up to Easter.

(gs)

Source: IAR, PAP, ekai.pl, nockonfesjonalow.pl, cbos.pl