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Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops' Conference on the Synod, the war in Ukraine, and the fall parliamentary elections (Communiqué following the meeting)
The Synod of Bishops and the final document of the European Synodal Meeting, the war in Ukraine, and preparations for the fall parliamentary elections were the main topics of the meeting of the Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops' Conference. The bishops debated on May 2, the eve of the solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Poland, at Jasna Góra.
Bishop Piotr Turzyński on the occasion of the Day of Polonia and Poles Abroad: May Polish roots bear good fruits where you live
May your Polish roots bear good and noble fruits for the benefit of the people among whom you live, and for the glory of our Motherland - wrote Bishop Piotr Turzyński, the Delegate of the Polish Bishops' Conference for the Pastoral Care of Polish Emigrants, in a word addressed to compatriots on the occasion of the Day of Polonia and Poles Abroad, which falls on May 2.
Primate of Poland: The Church needs holy priests
The attitude of the Polish clergy during World War II, their faithfulness and steadfastness in times of persecution up to the literal sacrifice of their priestly lives, to martyrdom, undoubtedly grew out of a spirit of courageous and self-sacrificing service to God and brothers," said Polish Primate Archbishop Wojciech Polak, who presided at Mass at the National Shrine of St Joseph in Kalisz as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Martyrdom of the Polish Clergy.
Contact group of the Episcopates of Poland and Germany met in Augsburg
The annual meeting of the contact group of the Bishops' Conferences of Poland and Germany took place on April 25-27. Bertram Maier, bishop of the Augsburg diocese, hosted the meeting. This year, the Augsburg diocese is celebrating the 1100th anniversary of the bishop ordination of St. Ulric, the Patron Saint of the diocese, and the 1050th of his death. The jubilee is celebrated under the motto: Hear with the heart.
Archbishop Ryś on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: You defended human dignity
On the terrible days of the Holocaust and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, you were defending - and defended (!) - human dignity, the human right to live with dignity, including the right to die with dignity," wrote Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś, chairman of the Polish Bishops' Conference Committee for Dialogue with Judaism, on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference thanks Pope Francis for his words about St. John Paul II
“On behalf of the faithful and shepherds of the Church in Poland, I wish to thank Your Holiness for the loving and sensitive words about St. John Paul II”, wrote President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki in a letter to Pope Francis. He referred to the words spoken by Pope Francis on Sunday, April 16, during the Regina Coeli prayer, “in the context of media allegations” concerning St. John Paul II.
President of the Polish Bishops' Conference: the Baptism of Poland was a turn from the cult of creation to the cult of the Creator
The turn from the cult of creation to the cult of the Creator is the crucial change that happened through the act of Poland's baptism – said Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, stressing the epochal significance of the 966 event. On April 14, the National Feast of the Baptism of Poland is celebrated for the fifth time.
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