Documents of the Polish Bishops' Conference
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Letter from the President of Polish Bishops' Conference on the occasion of the inauguration of the Abraham J. Heschel Center at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL)
The establishment of the Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations of the Catholic University of Lublin is a realization of the Council's declaration Nostra aetate and the Church's teaching expressed by successive Popes - wrote Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in a letter on the occasion of the inauguration of the Abraham J. Heschel Center at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. -
Statement of the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference on the Report on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation in 1939-1945
The Church's task is to remind people of the value of conversion, forgiveness and reconciliation. State institutions are called upon to decide on the practical forms of restoration of justice - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki in a Statement on the Report on losses suffered by Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation in 1939-1945. -
Synodal National Synthesis: the Synod indicates the need to learn to walk hand in hand to build the community of the Church
The synodal consultations indicated a desire to improve the way the Church functions and not to change doctrine or structure. The need for change concerns not only the institution of the Church. Central to this process is the personal conversion of both laity and clergy, according to the National Synthesis of the Synod on Synodality, presented at a press conference in Jasna Góra on 25 August 2022. -
Letter of the President of the Bishops’ Conference to Kirill: “War is always a defeat for humanity”
“I ask you, Brother, to appeal to Vladimir Putin to stop the senseless warfare against the Ukrainian people, in which innocent people are being killed and suffering is affecting not only soldiers but civilians as well—especially women and children,” wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in a letter sent to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on March 2nd.
