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President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for Vatican Radio: The icon of Jasna Gora has grown into Polish culture
The icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Jasna Góra has grown not only into Poland’s religiosity but also into the nation’s culture and tradition. It is a unifying gathering point - stressed the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in an interview with Vatican Radio and the Vatican News service. Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Our Lady of Częstochowa.
New Year wishes of the Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate
The social and political events of recent months have filled our hearts with anxiety and concern for tomorrow. As believers, however, we should place our trust in God’s Providence, which rules the world and history – said the spokesman of the Polish Bishops' Conference Fr. Leszek Gęsiak SJ in his wishes on the occasion of the New Year.
March 10–12: 404th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in Warsaw (preview)
“Parish of Tomorrow,” the Commission of Independent Experts to examine the phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church in Poland, and current pastoral initiatives of the Church are among the topics of the 404th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, which will take place in Warsaw on March 10–12 this year.
Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: 20% of Poland’s Priests Were Murdered During World War
20 percent of Poland’s diocesan priests were murdered during World War II—that is, every fifth diocesan priest lost his life during the German Nazi occupation, recalls the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference of the Polish Episcopate, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik on the Day commemorating the Martyrdom of the Polish Clergy. At the initiative of the Polish Bishops’ Conference this day is celebrated on 29 April, the anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Dachau, where many Polish priests were killed.
Bishops after the meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops on Religious Education, the Commission of Independent Experts and the restructuring of the Polish Bishops’ Conference's media entities
Changes in the organisation of Religious Education in schools, the status of work on establishing a Commission of Independent Experts to Investigate the Sexual Abuse of Minors by Some Clergy, and the restructuring of media entities dependent on the Polish Bishops’ Conference – these were the topics discussed by participants at a press briefing summarising the deliberations of the Council of Diocesan Bishops, which took place on 25 August this year at Jasna Góra.
Polish Bishops thank Pope Francis for the 10 years of ministry for the good of the Catholic Church
We are grateful for the teaching of Your Holiness, which inspires us to live our daily lives according to the high measure of holiness – wrote Polish bishops present at the 394th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in Warsaw in a letter to Pope Francis on the 10th anniversary of his pontificate.
The Secretary General of the Polish Bishops’ Conference met with representatives of the Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
On Thursday, March 19 this year, the Secretary General of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Marek Marczak, met with Bishop Gerald L. Vincke, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Jennifer Healy, National Director of the Office of Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the USCCB.
The Council of Diocesan Bishops will meet on 25 August
On the eve of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Częstochowa, 25 August, the Council of Diocesan Bishops will meet at Jasna Góra, as it does every year. The bishops will discuss, among other things, the Commission of Independent Experts and the planned restructuring of the media of the Polish Bishops' Conference.
Polish Episcopate spokesman on the 13th Education Week
In a pastoral letter on the occasion of the 13th Education Week, the bishops called to mind the Synod, whose purpose is to discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today. The bishops encouraged us to live the Education Week in a similar spirit - said the Polish Bishops' Conference spokesman, Fr Leszek Gesiak SJ, on the occasion of the 13th Education Week, which began in the Church in Poland on September 10.
