On October 16 it will be forty years since Karol Wojtyła was elected pope. Although thirteen years have passed since the death of Pope John Paul II, he is still remembered by the people of Poland (89% of those surveyed said they had thought of him at least once in the last year) and continues to be seen as a moral authority (as stated by 92% of respondents, a drop of 3 percentage points since 2015).

Although people’s religious commitment, measured by the frequency of their religious practice, has an influence on their perception of the Polish pope as a moral authority, even people who do not practise at all see him, for the most part (71%), as an example to be followed.

More on this subject in the CBOS report.