Polish Bishops' Conference. News
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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. -
Session of the Polish Council for the Pastoral Care of Vocations
A Week of Prayer for Vocations, the 24th Pilgrimage of Families of Those Called and Persons Supporting Vocations to Jasna Góra, and the mode of operation of the pastoral care for vocations during the World Youth Day in Lisbon were the main topics addressed during the session of the National Council for the Pastoral Care of Vocations, held on April 12 in Warsaw. The meeting was officiated by the Delegate of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for Vocations, Bishop Andrzej Przybylski.
