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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.
The spokesman of the Polish Episcopate in Rome asks for prayer that St. John Paul II be declared Doctor of the Church and co-patron of Europe
Spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, asked the participants of the conference “30 years without the Wall”, organized in Rome by the Italian Catholic association Alleanza Cattolica, for prayer and actions so that St. John Paul II could be declared Doctor of the Church and co-patron of Europe.
Polish Bishops’ Conference Presidium: Instead of Abortion – Adoption of Children; Everyone has the right to life.
“If parents decide not to bring up a child, they can always pass the child up for adoption, especially when so many families are ready to care for them. Killing children should never take place. Instead of Abortion – Adoption!” writes the Presidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in an appeal concerning the protection of the right to life from the moment of conception till natural death.
Communication of the 382nd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference
Statistical data concerning abuse of minors by some clerics, family values and celebration of Sunday, protection of human life and the issue of attempts to interfere in the organization of religion classes at school - were the topics of the 382nd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, which ended on March 14 in Warsaw. In addition to the Communication summarizing the Assembly, the bishops issued two positions: on the celebration of Sunday and on the so-called LGBT-Carta.
The Week in Summary (September 29-October 5)
The week began with a press conference organized by the “Work of the New Millennium” Foundation during which the 19th Pope’s Day was presented. It will take place on Sunday, October 13, under the motto: “Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way”. “The uniqueness of this year’s Pope’s Day lies in the fact that we celebrate it in the year in which the universal Church and the Church in Poland is celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Paul II’s birth” – said card. Kazimierz Nycz, metropolitan of Warsaw.
See how honored God's friends are! - An interview with the President of the Bishops' Conference on the feast day of St. John Paul II
Meetings with Cardinal Wojtyła, the main lines of John Paul II's pontificate, and the personal holiness of the Polish Pope are the topics of the conversation between the President of the Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, and the spokesman of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Fr. Leszek Gęsiak SJ.
Archbishop, you witnessed the moment when Karol Wojtyła was elected to the See of Peter. Could you please tell us a few words about the circumstances in which it happened and your reaction to the election?
In fact, we were many in St. Peter's Square then, including many Poles. I was fortunate to be there with others and to witness this unique, historic moment when Karol Wojtyła's name was announced. Apart from the normal emotion that accompanies such moments, the first thought that came to my mind was: This is something that happens only once in a thousand years for the Christian Nation, for the Poles, and it may never happen again.
Thinking about the situation in which the new Pope found hims
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.
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.
