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Meeting of the Council for the Family of the Polish Bishops' Conference
The issues of marriage and family ought to be even more present in the pastoral care - said Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel, the chairman of the Council for the Family of the Polish Bishops' Conference. Its meeting took place on Friday, 21 January, in Warsaw. The main topics included preparation for the closing of the Year "Amoris Laetitia Family" and accompanying persons in unregulated situations.
Bishop Mizinski: Family, catechesis, and the life of the Church - these are the three elements that interrelate (Summary of the plenary meeting)
The family, catechesis, and the life of the Church - these are three elements that interrelate - said Bishop Artur G. Mizinski, Secretary-General of the Polish Bishops' Conference, during a press conference after the proceedings of the 392nd Plenary Meeting of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held June 6-7 at the Formation and Training Center "Księżówka" in Zakopane.
Biography of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, was born at Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau (Germany) on 16 April 1927 (Holy Saturday) and was baptised on the same day.His faith and the education received at home prepared him for the harsh experience of those years during which the Nazi regime pursued a hostile attitude towards the Catholic Church. From 1946 to 1951 he studied philosophy and theology in the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology of Freising and at the University of Munich. He received his priestly ordination on 29 June 1951. In 1953 he obtained his doctorate in theology with a thesis entitled "People and House of God in St Augustine’s Doctrine of the Church". Four years later, under the direction of the renowned professor of fundamental theology Gottlieb Söhngen, he qualified for University teaching with a dissertation on: "The Theology of History in St Bonaventure". From 1962 to 1965 he made a notable contribution to Vatican II as an "expert"; being present at the Council as theological adv
Letter for Holy Family Sunday: The family as a path to holiness
For the vast majority of Christians, living bound by the sacrament of marriage and with a family is the way on which they fulfil their call to holiness and participate in the life and mission of the Church – we read in the Letter of the Council for Family of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for Holy Family Sunday, which this year falls on 26th December.
