Polish Bishops' Conference. News
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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. -
Pope Francis congratulated the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference on his golden jubilee of priesthood
We congratulate him on pastoral ministry exercised zealously and wisely for the spiritual good of the Gniezno and Poznań fold, as well as on his activity in the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences, and especially in the Polish Bishops’ Conference, over which he presides with solicitude, as well as his conscientious activity in various Dicasteries of the Roman Curia – wrote the Holy Father Francis in his wishes addressed to Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Metropolitan of Poznań and President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of priestly ordination. -
The golden jubilee of the priesthood of the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference in Poznań
Today's celebration is “praise and glorification of God's name” for all the blessings coming to the Church of Poznan, the Church in Poland, and the universal Church from the manifold, truly dedicated ministry of Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki faithfully and tirelessly giving himself to God's people Opere et Veritate – In deed and in truth - said Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, Metropolitan of Krakow and Deputy President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in his homily during the Eucharist celebrated in Poznań Cathedral on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the priestly ordination of the President of the Polish Episcopate, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki. -
Cardinal Nycz at the Feast of Thanksgiving: As Christians, we should be able to forgive
The main intention of the Feast of Thanksgiving this year is to pray for a just peace in Ukraine, as well as among us, in our homeland, and in our hearts. Mutual forgiveness is necessary. As Christians we should be able to forgive – said Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, Metropolitan of Warsaw, at the beginning of the Holy Mass in the Shrine of Divine Providence during the 15th Feast of Thanksgiving.
