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Bishops on the 1,700th anniversary of work-free Sunday: we encourage all to respect this tradition
We invite everyone to build a culture of work-free Sunday. Let it be a day of rest, strengthening and revival of weakened family and social bonds. Let it be an opportunity for emotional calm, as well as for building a family, religious and national community - wrote the president of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki and the president of the Pastoral Commission of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Wiktor Skworc in an appeal to respect Sunday as a day off from work.
Archbishop Gądecki will ask the Presidents of European Bishops’ Conferences to support the proclamation of St. John Paul II Patron of Europe and Doctor of the Church
“I asked for permission to send an invitation to the Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences of all of Europe to support the initiative that I had addressed to Pope Francis to proclaim St. John Paul II Patron of Europe and Doctor of the Church. I have received such permission” – said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and Vice-President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) during the meeting of the Presidency of the CCEE on December 1-3 in Bratislava.
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference to the Apostolic Nuncio: the Catholic Church in Poland thanks you for your ministry in our Homeland
The Catholic Church in Poland thanks you for your ministry in our Homeland and wishes wholeheartedly that your new mission will bring much spiritual good to the whole Catholic Church," said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki to Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. During the Eucharist celebrated on 13 March 2023 with the participation of the Polish Bishops' Conference at the Divine Providence Church in Warsaw, thanks were also given for 10 years of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
President of the Polish Episcopate asked Pope Francis to proclaim St. John Paul II Doctor of the Church and Patron of Europe
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the President of the Polish Episcopate, on behalf of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, asked Pope Francis to proclaim St. John Paul II Doctor of the Church and Patron of Europe. This request was supported by Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz on October 22, 2019, during the “Europa Christi” Movement Congress in Warsaw.
The President of the Polish Episcopate: There must be no compromise in the discussion on human life
"Talking about the so-called legal compromise on the protection of life is a falsification of reality, since by doing so, the most important 'third party' in the dispute, namely unborn children and their inalienable right to life are left out" - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in his statement in the context of the European Parliament resolution on abortion in Poland.
President of the Polish Episcopate thanks Pope Francis for his exhortation for the Amazon region
I thank Your Holiness for this necessary, important and sensitive voice, which becomes a loud cry of the Church “for the rights of the poor, the original peoples and the least of our brothers and sisters, where their voices can be heard and their dignity advanced” – emphasized the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in a letter to Pope Francis.
The Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Episcopate will meet on 27 August
Religious education in school, initiatives related to the Jubilee Year 2025, and issues of protecting children and young people as key provisions of the so-called "Act of Kamilek" come into force – these are the main topics of the upcoming meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops' Conference. The session will traditionally take place at Jasna Góra, on Tuesday 27 August, the day after the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Częstochowa.
Appeal of the Episcopate’ President Regarding Refugees from Ukraine
Continuing our prayer for peace, I appeal to my countrymen to keep their hearts open and to welcome heart refugees from Ukraine who in Poland would like to find shelter from the war - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in his Appeal concerning refugees from Ukraine.
