19 May 2013 | 22:50
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Poland's Catholic Church has warned that modern Halloween rituals risk promoting the occult.
In a statement on its website, the Church said that celebrating Halloween could contradict Church teachings and Christianity.
One archbishop said the 31 October celebrations were promoting paganism to young people.
Archbishop Andrzej Dziega warned that Halloween was behind a "culture of death".
"This kind of fun, tempting children like candy, also poses the real possibility of great spiritual damage, even destroying spiritual life," the archbishop of Szczecin-Kamien wrote in a letter to be read out at Sunday sermons, according to the Polish Press Agency.
He wrote that "irresponsible and anti-Christian fun" introduced young people to a "world of darkness, including devils, vampires and demons" in the name of "fun".
The archbishop's statement echoes that of the Catholic Church in Poland, which warned that the "occult rituals" contradicted Church teachings and Christianity.
The All Saints religious feast is widely celebrated in the largely Catholic nation on 1 November, with relatives often travelling across the country to tend to the graves of late relatives, decorating them with lanterns and wreaths.
But the American-style practice of carving pumpkins and dressing up as monsters, ghouls and devils the night before has also become increasingly popular.
Source: BBC News
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andre
- Fri 02-Nov-2012, 18:10I wish that this mentality is also adopted in malta. Halloween, looking at its roots is purely satanic. It leads for the loss of souls. People do not know what are they dealing with but important they are 'cool' and 'happy' but they do not know what happiness means.
It is also tragic that you find these practices at shops, streets and other public places especially the places of work were a person could not be just doing his job. The people who are managing such companies should be ashamed of what they are doing. And then when our lady of sorrows feast comes they start encouraging everyone to go to mass at the place of work. CONTRADICTION!!!!!!!!
You either promote God or evil. Our society does not know where it is going.
Praise the lord always. Brawa Polska. Najliepsze na swiata.