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Presidium of the Polish Episcopate thanks the organizers, volunteers, signatories and parliamentarians voting for life
- On behalf of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, we thank the organizers of the civic legislative initiative “Halt abortion”, volunteers collecting signatures, 830,000 of citizens who have signed up to this draft law and all the parliamentarians who – by voting for life – supported this civic draft law. We trust that soon the legal guarantees to protect the lives of the weakest will be increased by stopping eugenic abortion – to quote from the Communication of the Presidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference from January 11, 2018.
Polish Bishops on the Synod, the sainthood of John Paul II, beatification of the Ulma family, and aid to victims of sexual abuse
The continental stage of the Synod on Synodality, the sanctity of John Paul II, preparations for the beatification of the Ulma family, and assistance to the victims of sexual abuse were the subjects discussed by the bishops at a press conference following the 394th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held on 13-14 March 2023 in Warsaw.
Bodies
The bodies of the Polish Bishops' Conference are divided into Commissions, Councils and Teams, either permanent or temporary, whose purpose is to assist the Conference in its work and decision-making. Members of the Commissions are bishops, including senior bishops, assisted by clergy and lay consultors; members of the Councils and Teams may also be clergy and lay people. The Presidents of the Commissions, Councils and Teams are elected for five years by the Plenary Assembly.
Polish bishops ask the faithful to pray for the Holy Father
Following Pope Francis’ bilateral pneumonia and his stay at the Gemelli Clinic since 14 February this year, the Polish bishops, led by the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC, are asking the faithful to pray for the Holy Father. “I ask everyone to support the Pope with their prayers so that he recovers as soon as possible”, Archbishop Wojda said.
The President of the Polish Bishops' Conference celebrating his 50th anniversary as a priest (Announcement)
On Saturday, 10 June, the main thanksgiving celebrations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the priesthood of Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Metropolitan of Poznań and President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, will be held in Poznań. He was ordained a priest on 9 June 1973 by Blessed Stefan Wyszyński in the Primate's Basilica in Gniezno.
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference asks to join in novena prayer for the Homeland
The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki invites everyone to join the novena prayer „Action 21:20”. It will be a prayer recited after the Jasna Góra Appeal for the Homeland, national harmony and respect for human life, offered through the intercession of St Andrzej Bobola and Bl. Fr Jerzy Popiełuszko. The novena will begin on 16 March and end on 24 March, before the Day of the Sanctity of Life, which falls on 25 March.
Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops' Conference: politics is a vocation to the love of neighbor
We encourage all candidates in the election to maintain a noble spirit of political service throughout the competition for power - wrote members of the Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops' Conference in a Position Statement in the context of the upcoming elections, encouraging people to go to the polls in a spirit of responsibility for their homeland.
President of the Polish Bishops' Conference thanks the Holy Father for the new cardinal for Poland
I express my great gratitude to the Holy Father Francis for the new cardinal for Poland! It is a great joy for our Church - the Polish Bishops' Conference President wrote on his Twitter profile. Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki also congratulated Archbishop Grzegorz Ryś on his appointment to the cardinal dignity.
