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Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco elected new President of CCEE Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Vice-Presidents
Principality of Monaco – This morning, the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, members by right of CCEE (the Council of European Episcopal Conferences) elected the new CCEE Presidency for the five-year mandate 2016-2021. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (former CCEE Vice President for the five years’ period 2011-2016), was elected as President, and to the roles of Vice-presidents were elected Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and His Grace Mgr Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań and President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. The Plenary Assembly thanked the newly-elected Vice-presidents for their willingness and wished them a period of profitable work in the service of evangelization and the Church in Europe, At the same time, the participants thanked the members of the outgoing Presidency for the work they have undertaken for the good of the Ch
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference: I will continue to take action to clarify all allegations and doubts
I recognise the need to help those who have been hurt, I pray for them every day and I undertake actions which contribute to revealing the truth in all cases of this kind – said Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC, the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in a video message in connection with allegations appearing in the media space concerning alleged negligence connected with the investigation of the case of one of the priests of the Archdiocese of Gdansk.
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.
Archbishop Gadecki thanked Pope Francis for the memory of St. John Paul II
On behalf of the faithful and pastors of the Church in Poland, I express our gratitude for all the gestures of closeness and benevolence addressed to the Poles on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of St. John Paul II - wrote Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, in the letter addressed to Pope Francis.
