Polish Bishops' Conference. News
6 June 2026: Beatification of Fr Jan Świerc SDB and his Companions
On 6 June 2026, in Krakow, nine Salesian martyrs will be beatified: Fr Jan Świerc SDB and his Companions, who gave their lives with faith and love in the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps during World War II. The Holy Mass will be presided over by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference on Advent: May this Advent be a time of prayer, reflection, and simple, good deeds
The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the time of preparation for Christmas in the Catholic Church. It is also the beginning of a new liturgical year, in which we will once again experience the salvific events of Jesus' life — beginning with the mystery of His Incarnation and birth in Bethlehem – said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC.
Polish bishops at the 403rd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference: We appeal for respect for St. John Paul II
We are saddened by the constant attempts in our homeland to discredit the authority of St. John Paul II. Such actions are unjust and hurtful, especially since they are directed at a man to whom not only the Church and our nation, but also the whole world owes so much – reads the Appeal of the Polish bishops adopted during the 403rd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, which took place on 22 November this year at Jasna Góra.
Polish and German bishops in Wrocław: Reconciliation is not the past, but the future
Reconciliation is not the past, but the future – this is the message reiterated by representatives of the Polish and German Episcopates during a ceremony at the monument to Cardinal Bolesław Kominek in Wrocław on November 18, 2025, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Polish bishops’ Letter of reconciliation to the German bishops.
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