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Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: Mary wanted to be called the Queen of Poland
It was Mary herself who wanted to be called the “Queen of Poland” - said Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, referring to the Marian apparitions from 1608 and the Feast of Our Lady Queen of Poland that falls on May 3. The main celebrations will take place at Jasna Góra with the participation of Polish bishops.
Celebrations in Poznan of the 1050th anniversary of the first bishopric in Poland
The jubilee celebrations were held on 22-24 June under the motto “Poznan. Christ and us”. They were presided over by the papal legate Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague and Primate of the Czech Republic. The culminating moment of the three-day celebrations was the Eucharist, on June 23, on the square in front of the Poznan Cathedral, during which the message of Pope Francis was read. Several dozen bishops participated in it, including Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski and Archbishop Wojciech Polak.
Poland: the 2nd Sunday of Lent, called "Ad Gentes", is dedicated to the mission
Since 2005, the second Sunday of Lent has been dedicated to the concrete support of the missions, both through prayer and fasting, and through fundraising in the parishes. Last year, over 1.4 million PLN were raised, with which the missionaries carried out 99 evangelization, educational, medical and charity projects.
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.
Spokesman of the Episcopate: Every fifth diocesan priest in Poland murdered during World War II
Every fifth diocesan priest was murdered in Poland occupied by the Germans and Russians. Four Polish bishops were killed in the concentration camps, and nearly half of the Roman Catholic dioceses were deprived of diocesan bishops. It was also a war with religion – said the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, on the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
