Many Poles, traditionally strong Catholics, have had enough of this Pope and are turning back to Paganism. Then there's Traditionalist Catholicism, which doesn't recognize or follow Vatican II and all masses are in Latin. Mel Gibson belongs to this sect.
That's what happens when you've got your eyes on men instead of Jesus Christ. "They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the created things instead of the creator." Romans 1:25.
The few Catholics that I know of who left Catholicism said they were tired of trying to always do right. It's not about what you do, but about what Christ did for you. Jesus died on the cross as an atonement for all the sins of everyone. "He saved us NOT because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. Titus 3:5 "It is by grace we are saved through faith. Not of yourselves. It is a gift from God. NOT by WORKS, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9.
You're NOT saved by the Pope, your Priest, Rosery Beads, Holy Water, the Virgin Mary, infant Baptism, etc. You're saved through the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins. There's no other way.
"I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me." John 14:6.
I agree with DD. I urge my fellow Catholic CFer's to read the Bible and ask God to show you the Truth of Jesus Christ. "I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For EVERYONE who asks receives." Luke 11: 9-10.
Salvation through Jesus Christ frees you from the bondage of sin!