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President of the Bishops’ Conference: We thank God and Our Lady of Fatima for having saved the life of John Paul II
“We thank the Lord God and Our Lady of Fatima for having saved the life of the Polish Pope and, hence, for his long pontificate, which has strongly marked the history of the universal Church and the world,” said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the assassination attempt on the life of the Holy Father John Paul II, which fell on May 13th this year.
The President of the Bishops’ Conference Calls for Prayer for the Middle Easterners
“I would like the Church in Poland to join in the prayer initiative for the inhabitants of Middle Eastern countries,” wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and Vice-President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in response to an appeal voiced by the Holy Father Francis, the CCEE presidium, and the COMECE.
The President of the Bishops’ Conference: We Need to Revive the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
“This act is a renewal of gratitude for what happened at that time, and today for the gift of freedom and the changes that have taken place in our homeland,” said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, during a press conference on the sidelines of the centennial of Poland’s consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Bishops on Current Issues of the Church in Poland (Post-Assembly Communiqué)
The Beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Rosa Czacka, a document on priestly formation, pastoral care in the Church after the pandemic, the visit “ad limina Apostolorum”: These were the main topics at the 389th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, held on 11 and 12 June in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska.
The President of the Bishops' Conference Calls to Vote Against Pro-Abortion Resolution
Abortion is always a violation of the fundamental human right to life, a violation even more abhorrent because it concerns the life of the weakest and completely defenseless human being. It is, therefore, a manifestation of the most unjust discrimination - wrote Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in a statement issued in connection with the European Parliament draft resolution on health and sexual and reproductive rights in the European Union (Matić Report).
The President of the Polish Episcopate: Vaccination Against Covid-19 is an Important Tool for Limiting the Spread of the Virus
"Vaccination against Covid-19 is an important tool for limiting the spread of the infection and is seen by a very many people as a hope for the possibility of returning to the normal functioning of societies," wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in a Statement on Vaccination against Covid-19.
The President of the Episcopate: Next July 25th: A Day of Solidarity with the Victims of the Storms in Europe
“I ask that Sunday next July 25th be a day dedicated in the Church in Poland to solidarity with the victims of floods and storms in Europe,” wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in the Call for a day of solidarity with the victims of the storms in Poland, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The President of the Bishops' Conference and the Polish Episcopate's Delegate for Polish Emigration Expressed Solidarity with the Polish Community After the Fire in the Church at Glasgow
"We assure you of the spiritual closeness and solidarity of the Church in Poland with the pastors and all the faithful for whom St. Simon's Church has for decades been a place of worship and at the same time an important center for the Polish community," wrote Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish Bishops' Conference, and Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz, the Polish Episcopate's Delegate for Polish Emigration, in a letter to Father Marian Łękawa, rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in Scotland.
Communiqué After the Council of Diocesan Bishops
The beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Rosa Czacka, the Ad Limina visit of the Polish Bishops, the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, and the situation of migrants and refugees – these are the most important issues raised in the communiqué of the session of the Diocesan Bishops’ Council held at Jasna Góra on August 25th.
