Polish Bishops' Conference. News
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President of Polish Bishops Conference in Parosla: Reconciliation can only be built in truth and justice
Reconciliation can only be built on truth and justice. A sincere acknowledgement of each party's responsibility - or at least a willingness to seek it - is vital for genuine reconciliation," said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki in his homily at a Mass celebrated in Parosla, Ukraine, the site of the martyrdom of Poles eighty years ago during the Volhynian Massacre. -
A Service of Polish-Ukrainian “Forgiveness and Reconciliation” at Warsaw Cathedral
A Service of “Forgiveness and Reconciliation” took place at Warsaw Cathedral on Friday, July 7. The event was part of the Church celebrationsof the 80thanniversary of the Volhynia Massacre. The service was attended by representatives of the Catholic Church in Poland, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. A joint message was signed during the ceremony. -
Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk: Reconciliation between our nations is a process of healing wounds
Reconciliation between our nations is a process of healing the wounds that both Poles and Ukrainians carry in their souls and consciences to this day - said Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, in an address during the Service of “Forgiveness and Reconciliation” in the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Warsaw. -
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference: Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation is a long process
Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation is a long process. It starts with what we call a longing for truth, said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, during a press conference taking place in the House of the Archbishops of Warsaw after the Service of “Forgiveness and Reconciliation”. -
7-9 July: Church commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the tragic events in Volhynia
Church commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the tragic events in Volhynia will be held on 7-9 July in Poland and Ukraine. Representatives from the Catholic Church in Poland, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine will be in attendance. A statement on forgiveness and reconciliation will be signed jointly during the ceremony. -
The Church in Poland will renew the Act of Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
The Church in Poland will renew the Act of Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This is the response of the Polish bishops to the request made to them during the 395th Plenary Assembly in Lidzbark Warmiński by Bishop Vitalii Kryvytskyi SDB of Kiev-Zytomyr. -
Bishops in their Letter for the Beatification of the Ulma Family: They are an inspiration for modern marriages and families
As we prepare for the beatification ceremony, we wish to contemplate their holiness and draw from it an example for contemporary marriages and families - wrote the bishops in the Pastoral Letter of the Polish Bishops' Conference concerning the beatification of the Venerable Servants of God Joseph and Victoria Ulma and their seven children. -
Communiqué from the 395th Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
Preparations for the session of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, the new pastoral program of the Church in Poland, the 37th World Youth Day, the conflict in Ukraine, and the 80th anniversary of the tragic events in Volhynia were the main topics of the 395th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held on June 12-14 in Lidzbark Warmiński.
