Construction sector may be blessed for next decade building new churches

Analysts are predicting the current building boom in churches could be sustained for up to ten years. Manufacturers of liturgical paraphernalia will also benefit from the boom as newly-built churches are furnished. The Catholic Church Statistical Institute (ISKK) says close to 1,000 churches and chapels were built in 1998. ISKK estimates the cost of building one church is equivalent to the cost of building 30 detached houses. (Puls Biznesu, page 22). S.M.