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Letter from the Polish Bishops' Conference on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of John Paul II’s visit to the Great Synagogue in Rome
On April 13 of this year, we mark the fortieth anniversary of the day when the Bishop of Rome, the Successor of Saint Peter, crossed the threshold of a Jewish house of prayer for the first time since apostolic times – remind Polish bishops in a Letter from the Polish Bishops' Conference on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of John Paul II’s visit to the Great Synagogue in Rome.
Communiqué from a Meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
The first session of the Synod on Synodality beginning in Rome at the end of September, the just concluded World Youth Day, and the upcoming beatification of the Ulma family are the principal questions addressed in the Communiqué from a Meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, held at Jasna Góra on 25 August 2023.
Polish bishops thank God and people for the Jubilee of Youth 2025
Polish bishops accompanying Polish youth during the Jubilee of Youth in Rome expressed their gratitude to God and all those involved for the celebration of faith in a special video recording. The bishops thanked the young people for their enthusiasm and witness, the priests for their organisation and care, and the volunteers for their quiet service.
Message of Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk and Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki on the 80th anniversary of the Volhynia Massacre
We believe that in these difficult days we are writing successive important pages in the book of reconciliation so that we can arrange our shared future as free and equal to each other – we read in the message of Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki Metropolitan of Poznań, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, on the 80th anniversary of the Volhynia Massacre.
Polish Bishops Ask Victims of Sexual Abuse for Forgiveness
“We ask God, the victims of abuse, their families and the Church community for forgiveness for all the harm done to children and young people and their relatives” – the Polish Bishops wrote in a statement published on November 19 by the Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference dedicated to sexual abuse of children and youth by some members of the clergy.
President of the Polish Episcopate: St. John Paul II started the process of preventing sexual crimes in the Church
People who thoroughly research the history of the pontificate of St. John Paul II know very well that the issues of protecting children and youth and counteracting sexual crimes by some clergymen were the highest priority for him, emphasizes Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, vice-president of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) and president of the Polish Episcopal Conference.
