>>Tracy
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>>in the UK we have had a lot of immigration from the ex Eastern Block countries recently . And as a result the Catholic Church is undergoing a renaissance. Standing room only on a Sunday.
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>That'd be the Polish and the Hungarian, the countries which are predominantly Catholic. Don't know exactly where does the Estonia-Latvia-Letonia block stand; Czech Republic and Slovakia (at least the latter) should be mostly Protestant, Romania and Bulgaria are Orthodox.
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>Or you're in an area where they just love to gather :).
The immigration from Poland has been truly exceptional. I don't think any of the other countries come close in numbers. You see evidence it everywhere. My local supermarket has a new Polish food section. Some councils have put up signs in Polish in some areas.
Its interesting how a lot of the corner shops which years ago would have been run by an Indian or Pakistani family are now run by groups of Eastern Europeans. I guess the Asians have made their dough and moved on.

Nick