Polish Bishops' Conference. News
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The meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops' Conference took place at Jasna Gora
Religious education in school, initiatives related to the Jubilee Year 2025 and issues concerning the protection of children and young people in connection with the entry into force of key provisions of the so-called "Act of Kamilek" were the main topics of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops' Conference held on 27 August 2024 at Jasna Gora. -
The Primate of Poland on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Czestochowa: Religious education at school protects against closure and isolation
Religious education at school, through the knowledge of God and its cultural and social character, opens the hearts and minds of pupils. It gives them a chance to live a life of hope, which overcomes the dangerous temptation of closing in on oneself and isolation – said Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the Primate of Poland, in his homily delivered during the Solemenity of Our Lady of Czestochowa at Jasna Gora. -
The Presidium of the Polish Episcopate requests an examination of the legal status of the decree of the Minister of Education of 26 July 2024
The Presidium of the Polish Bishops' Conference forwarded a petition to the First President of the Supreme Court requesting a motion to the Constitutional Tribunal to examine the compliance of the manner of issuing the decree of the Minister of Education of 26 July 2024, amending the decree on the conditions and manner of organising religious education in public kindergartens and schools, with Article 12(2) of the Act of 7 September 1991 on the educational system. -
The Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Episcopate will meet on 27 August
Religious education in school, initiatives related to the Jubilee Year 2025, and issues of protecting children and young people as key provisions of the so-called "Act of Kamilek" come into force – these are the main topics of the upcoming meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops' Conference. The session will traditionally take place at Jasna Góra, on Tuesday 27 August, the day after the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Częstochowa. -
The President of the Polish Episcopate: The Church is committed to creating safe and violence-free environments
The Church is involved in social action to create environments that are safe and free from all forms of violence – underlined Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in a communiqué on the implementation of standards for the protection of minors in the Church in Poland.
