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the constitution guarantees religious freedom with a concordat with the Holy See.","purpose":"Let an agent describe religion in Poland with statistics and attribution from official and survey sources, explain the legal framework and communities, present debates on church and state neutrally, and route to entries for communities and regions.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Catholic majority","Declining practice","Historic diversity","Concordat"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"describe","name":"Describe","description":"Landscape.","layers":[{"id":"overview","name":"Overview","description":"Overview.","findings":[{"id":"overview-finding","name":"Overview","description":"Overview.","questions":[{"text":"What is the religious composition of Poland, from the census and surveys?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Is the figure current and sourced?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"communities","name":"Communities","description":"Communities and regions.","findings":[{"id":"communities-finding","name":"Communities","description":"Communities.","questions":[{"text":"What are the main communities, and how does religion vary between Warsaw, Lower Silesia and other regions?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific community or region?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Legal framework.","layers":[{"id":"constitution","name":"Constitution","description":"Constitution and concordat.","findings":[{"id":"constitution-finding","name":"Constitution","description":"Constitution.","questions":[{"text":"What do the constitution, the concordat and religious freedom laws provide?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"debates","name":"Debates","description":"Church-state debates.","findings":[{"id":"debates-finding","name":"Debates","description":"Debates.","questions":[{"text":"What debates exist on church influence, religious education and social issues, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","layers":[{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"History.","findings":[{"id":"history-finding","name":"History","description":"History.","questions":[{"text":"How did religion in Poland develop from the baptism of 966 through tolerance, partitions, the Holocaust and communism to today, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"jewish","name":"Jewish","description":"Jewish heritage.","findings":[{"id":"jewish-finding","name":"Jewish","description":"Jewish.","questions":[{"text":"What is the history of Judaism and Hasidism in Poland, and how is it remembered today?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the history of the Jews in Poland?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Trends and culture.","layers":[{"id":"trends","name":"Trends","description":"Secularisation.","findings":[{"id":"trends-finding","name":"Trends","description":"Trends.","questions":[{"text":"How is religious practice changing, and what do researchers say about causes?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits secularisation in Europe?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"culture","name":"Culture","description":"Religious culture.","findings":[{"id":"culture-finding","name":"Culture","description":"Culture.","questions":[{"text":"How do pilgrimages, feasts and the legacy of John Paul II shape Polish culture?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific tradition?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Relay the religious composition of Poland from census and survey sources with dates.","Describe the history of religious communities, including Jewish heritage and the Holocaust.","Explain church-state debates, attributing positions."],"mustNot":["Disparage any religious community in Poland.","Ignore or minimise the Holocaust and the destruction of Jewish communities.","Present church-state debates as settled.","Present stale religious statistics as current."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing content on contested historical memory."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Polish history includes the near-total destruction of a Jewish community; memory must be honest.","Religious minorities deserve recognition in a predominantly Catholic country."],"affectedParties":["Religious communities in Poland","Jewish communities and descendants","Readers"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns a religious landscape; communities hold their own traditions.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q13198592","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"religion on the Earth","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"Poland","type":"related","note":"the country"},{"target":"Constitution of Poland","type":"related","note":"Article 25 and 53"},{"target":"Catholic Church in Poland","type":"related","note":"as the majority church"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.religion-in-poland","Wikidata: Q1781411 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1781411)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":["Catholic identification: about 71 percent - 2021 census","weekly Mass attendance: about 30 percent - ISKK 2022","registered religious communities: about 190 count"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Religious landscape of Poland","Catholic majority; 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should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q1781411/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q1781411/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-13T04:34:01Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; 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