Polish Bishops' Conference. News
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Institute for Catholic Church Statistics (ICCS): clear continuity in the activities of Catholic structures and organizations in Poland
The data for 2020 included in the annual ICCS statistics show a clear continuity in the activities of Catholic structures and organizations in Poland: parishes, dioceses and religious orders - said Fr. Wojciech Sadłoń PhD, SAC, director of the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics, during a press conference at which the latest research results were presented. -
The 22nd Day of Prayer and Material Assistance to the Church in the East, to be held on 5th December.
On the 2nd Sunday of Advent, the Day of prayer and material help for the Church in the East, is celebrated in the Church in Poland. The aim of this day is the spiritual and material support of the Catholic Church in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, i.e. in Armenia Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia and Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. -
The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference met with the President of the German Bishops’ Conference
Unrest on the Polish-Belarusian border, challenges facing the Church in Poland and Germany, and the Synod of Bishops on synodality were the main topics of the meeting between the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki and the President of the German Bishops’ Conference Bishop Georg Bätzing, on 30 November in Poznan. -
On the 21st November, the 4th Congress of Polish Families was concluded
"The Family of Polish Diaspora in the face of the current pandemic/lockdown situation" is the topic of the Congress of Polish Families, which took place from the 20th to the 21st November online. About 300 people from 21 countries took part in the Congress. The organizers of the Congress were the Polish Family Council at the Delegate of the PBC for the Pastoral Care of Polish Emigration and the Family Help Foundation. -
Cardinal Semeraro: Let Us Imitate the Devotion of Our New Blessed
Do not fail to call upon Blessed Fr. John Macha for your Church so that she may always be united with her bishop in promoting charity, eliminating divisions, and fighting injustice – said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in his homily at the Mass for the beatification of Fr. John Macha. -
Polish Bishops on Current Issues of the Church in Poland (Communiqué After the Meeting)
The review of the visit ad limina apostolorum, the Synod of Bishops on synodality, the affairs of Polish families, and the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border - these were the main topics of the 390th Plenary Meeting of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, which was held on 18-19 November at Jasna Góra. -
Bishop Markowski: We strongly condemn antisemitic behaviour in Kalisz
We strongly condemn the antisemitic behaviour in Kalisz. Such attitudes have nothing to do with patriotism - Bishop Rafał Markowski wrote on behalf of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish Bishops' Conference. After burning the Kalisz Statute text and the antisemitic incidents that took place on 11th November.
