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Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: #Procession connects millions of Catholics at Corpus Christi
Let us create in social media an image of how we live in our countries the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Let’s share photos and videos, marking them with the hashtag #Procession - encourages the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Pawel Rytel-Andrianik. Last year, the campaign brought together 5 million Poles. “I hope that this will be the same also this time”, says Fr. Rytel-Andrianik. If you want to see how the processions in Poland look like, write: #Procesja (procession).
The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference to the Orthodox and Catholic Bishops of Russia and Ukraine: Let us join spiritual efforts to avert the specter of another war
Let us unite the spiritual efforts of Christ’s followers of various denominations in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland to avert the specter of another war in our region – this was the appeal of Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, in a letter to the Orthodox and Catholic bishops of Russia and Ukraine, including the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.
Bishops of Europe on Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation anniversary: No to anti-Semitism and political manipulation of the truth
The 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, in the spirit of Pope Francis’ words, obliges us to expressly fight against all acts that trample on human dignity: racism, xenophobia and anti-Semitism. We cannot allow the truth to be ignored or manipulated for immediate political needs – we read in the Statement issued by the Presidency of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) and the President of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) on behalf of the bishops of Europe.
Poland: 32,000 consecrated persons work and pray for the people
According to data from the end of 2018, there are ca. 32,000 Polish nuns and monks. “The essence of religious life is to make the life of Christ present in the world through three evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience. Chastity is love, poverty is freedom, and obedience is availability. That’s what Christ was like: he loved, he was free and obedient” - emphasizes Bishop Jacek Kiciński, chairman of the Commission for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Associations of Apostolic Life of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.
Letter of Fraternal Concern from the Episcopate’s President regarding the German “Synodal Path”
Bearing in mind this communion of faith and history between Poland and Germany, I would like to express my deep concern and anxiety with regard to the information that has been recently received from some spheres of the Catholic Church in Germany - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in a letter addressed to the President of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, regarding the German “synodal path”.
Contact group of the Episcopates of Poland and Germany met in Augsburg
The annual meeting of the contact group of the Bishops' Conferences of Poland and Germany took place on April 25-27. Bertram Maier, bishop of the Augsburg diocese, hosted the meeting. This year, the Augsburg diocese is celebrating the 1100th anniversary of the bishop ordination of St. Ulric, the Patron Saint of the diocese, and the 1050th of his death. The jubilee is celebrated under the motto: Hear with the heart.
