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Conference on the Protection of Minors in the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe – Summary
The effective protection of minors requires the cooperation of all who form the Church –emphasized during the international conference “Our Common Mission of Safeguarding God's Children,” which concluded today in Warsaw. During the four-day meeting, Church delegates from 20 Central and Eastern European countries listened to lectures and discussed in groups the spiritual, theological, legal, and pastoral aspects of the crisis of sexual abuse of minors by priests.
Conference on the Protection of Minors in the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe – Day 1 (19.09.2021)
In his video message, Pope Francis encouraged the participants of the conference on the protection of minors in the Church of Central and Eastern Europe, which began on Sunday, September 19 in Warsaw,to listen to the cries of persons who experiencedsexual abuse. The Holy Father urged that “the good of the victims not be relegated to the background out of an ill-conceived concern for the image of the Church as an institution”.
Conference on the Protection of Minors in the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe – Day 1 (19.09.2021)
In his video message, Pope Francis encouraged the participants of the conference on the protection of minors in the Church of Central and Eastern Europe, which began on Sunday, September 19 in Warsaw, to listen to the cries of persons who experienced sexual abuse. The Holy Father urged that “the good of the victims not be relegated to the background out of an ill-conceived concern for the image of the Church as an institution.”
President of the Polish Episcopate: Safeguarding children and helping the victims should be a priority for each of us
“We meet today in order to share our experiences and also to support the protection of children and initiate necessary cooperation,” said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the President of the Polish Bishops Conference, at the opening of the international conference of the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe on the protection of minors, which is being held in Warsaw on 19-22 September this year.
Communiqué After the Council of Diocesan Bishops
The beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Rosa Czacka, the Ad Limina visit of the Polish Bishops, the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, and the situation of migrants and refugees – these are the most important issues raised in the communiqué of the session of the Diocesan Bishops’ Council held at Jasna Góra on August 25th.
The President of the Bishops' Conference and the Polish Episcopate's Delegate for Polish Emigration Expressed Solidarity with the Polish Community After the Fire in the Church at Glasgow
"We assure you of the spiritual closeness and solidarity of the Church in Poland with the pastors and all the faithful for whom St. Simon's Church has for decades been a place of worship and at the same time an important center for the Polish community," wrote Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish Bishops' Conference, and Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz, the Polish Episcopate's Delegate for Polish Emigration, in a letter to Father Marian Łękawa, rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in Scotland.
The President of the Episcopate: Next July 25th: A Day of Solidarity with the Victims of the Storms in Europe
“I ask that Sunday next July 25th be a day dedicated in the Church in Poland to solidarity with the victims of floods and storms in Europe,” wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in the Call for a day of solidarity with the victims of the storms in Poland, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The President of the Polish Episcopate: Vaccination Against Covid-19 is an Important Tool for Limiting the Spread of the Virus
"Vaccination against Covid-19 is an important tool for limiting the spread of the infection and is seen by a very many people as a hope for the possibility of returning to the normal functioning of societies," wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in a Statement on Vaccination against Covid-19.
The President of the Bishops' Conference Calls to Vote Against Pro-Abortion Resolution
Abortion is always a violation of the fundamental human right to life, a violation even more abhorrent because it concerns the life of the weakest and completely defenseless human being. It is, therefore, a manifestation of the most unjust discrimination - wrote Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in a statement issued in connection with the European Parliament draft resolution on health and sexual and reproductive rights in the European Union (Matić Report).
