Polish Bishops' Conference. News
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Archbishop Ryś about Kerygma as the encounter with living Lord
Please, let me call Your attention just to one - but in my opinion crucial - a moment of our reflection based on the Instrumentum Laboris. In the point 173 we read: All accompaniment is a way to introduce the call to joy and can thus become the appropriate place to proclaim the good news of Easter and foster the encounter with the risen Christ: a kerygma that «expresses God’s saving love which precedes any moral and religious obligation on our part; it should not impose the truth but appeal to freedom; it should be marked by joy, encouragement, liveliness and a harmonious balance» (EG 165) - the last piece is a quotation of Evangelii gaudium. -
Five little-known facts about Card. Wojtyła’s election as Pope
Even before being elected Pope, Bishop Wojtyła was known in the universal Church and his voice counted. Despite his young age, he was an outstanding figure of the Church. He participated in synods, became a friend of Pope Paul VI, and preached retreats for the Roman Curia. He was considered an outstanding thinker and pastor. -
The election of Cardinal Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, recalled by the former rector of the Polish College, where he was living
“The day after Cardinal Karol Wojtyła’s election as Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński asked him how he felt as Pope. John Paul II answered that he felt as if he had always been here. To that, cardinal Wyszynski replied that it was the grace of the state, a sign of God’s special grace,” says Archbishop Józef Michalik who, at that time, was the rector of the Polish College in Rome, from whence Cardinal Wojtyła, went to the conclave at which he was elected pope, 40 years ago, on 16 October 1978. -
The Pope drew attention to Archbishop Gadecki’s Speech
Speaking with the Polish delegation on October 10th, during the session’s break, Pope Francis expressed interest in the speech of the Synod Father from Poland, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki. The Pope said that he liked it, especially because a biblical scholar addressed a social issue. “The Holy Father drew attention to Archbishop Gądecki’s pertinent observations regarding the new totalitarianism that is shaping the attitudes of young people and destroying them,” reported Bishop Marian Florczyk, who was present at the meeting with the Pope. -
Spiritual Life and the Sacrament of Penance on the Path of Vocational Discernment
The spiritual life and the sacrament of penance are of great value in discerning a vocation. They are a call for people who discern and help to discern, so that they may be people of faith, emphasized Msgr. Marek Solarczyk, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Warsaw-Praga, summing up the assembly’s deliberations on Saturday, October 13th .
