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Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate on key Church events in 2024
The second plenary session of the Synod on Synodality, the new Presidium of the Polish Bishops‘ Conference, the Year of Prayer in preparation for the Jubilee 2025, the response of the Church side to the actions of the Ministry of National Education concerning the change in the organisation of religious education at school – these are the main Church events of the year 2024, which is summarised by the Spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr Leszek Gęsiak SJ.
Polish bishops on the Synod and current issues of the Church in Poland (communiqué following the debates)
The first Roman session of the Synod on synodality, a new pastoral program for the Church in Poland, protection of children and young people, as well as the conflict in the Holy Land were the main topics addressed at the 396th Plenary Session of the Polish Bishop’s Conference, held on 20-21 November 2023 in the Jasna Góra Shrine.
Poland: 76th anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz. Over 200,000 children killed
January 27 is the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. The 76th anniversary theme, celebrated for the first time online, addresses the martyrdom of over 200,000 children and the fate of those few who have survived. Since 2005, International Holocaust Victims Day has been established on this date.
Cardinal Ryś at the Vatican: St. John Paul II - Pope of Mercy and Reconciliation
We are at the very heart of his teaching in the encyclical Dives in Misericordia and the exhortation Reconciliatio et Paenitentia. It is a grand teaching. And down-to-earth! - said Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Metropolitan of Łódź, in his homily at the Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica on the 45th anniversary of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla's election to the See of Peter.
In Love And In Truth – the Position of the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Once again we want to express our sincere will to continue the dialogue and the desire for even deeper reconciliation between our Churches. We trust that our Churches will soon be able to proclaim the Polish Pope as the patron of our reconciliation – we read in the Position of the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on the will to continue the dialogue and the desire for deeper reconciliation. The document was signed during the meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops, on August 27, 2019, at Jasna Góra.
Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: the presence in social media is necessary in the communication of the Church
Presence in social media is necessary in the Church’s contemporary communication with the media and the faithful, because it is currently the fastest and most effective way of communicating with a wide range of recipients - said the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Fr. Leszek Gęsiak. Since September 2nd this year, the spokesman of the Polish Episcopate has been present in social media - on Twitter and on Facebook.
More than 100,000 volunteers from Polish dioceses help those in need
Touchless food parcels, warm meals for seniors and people in quarantine, food collections, hospital equipment, virtual workshops and homework for children as well as spiritual and psychological support – these are just some of the charitable initiatives carried out by the Church during the coronavirus epidemic. More than 100,000 volunteers from all 44 Polish dioceses are involved – said the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik.
Communiqué from the 395th Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
Preparations for the session of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, the new pastoral program of the Church in Poland, the 37th World Youth Day, the conflict in Ukraine, and the 80th anniversary of the tragic events in Volhynia were the main topics of the 395th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held on June 12-14 in Lidzbark Warmiński.
