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Presidium of the Polish Episcopate thanks the organizers, volunteers, signatories and parliamentarians voting for life
- On behalf of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, we thank the organizers of the civic legislative initiative “Halt abortion”, volunteers collecting signatures, 830,000 of citizens who have signed up to this draft law and all the parliamentarians who – by voting for life – supported this civic draft law. We trust that soon the legal guarantees to protect the lives of the weakest will be increased by stopping eugenic abortion – to quote from the Communication of the Presidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference from January 11, 2018.
Bishop Szlachetka for Divine Mercy Sunday: God wants the kind of love which expresses itself through love of neighbour
God wants the kind of love which expresses itself through love of neighbour – wrote Bishop Wiesław Szlachetka, President of the Charity Commission of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, in his message for Divine Mercy Sunday, which falls on 7 April. This day is the patronal feast of Caritas and begins Mercy Week.
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.
May 31, 1:30 pm: Mass at Jasna Gora for the intentions of the Synod (announcement)
A Mass for the intention of the ongoing Synod of Bishops on Synodality will be celebrated at the Jasna Góra Shrine on Wednesday, May 31, at 1:30 pm. Archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, the Metropolitan of Krakow and Vice-president of the Episcopate will preside over the Eucharist on behalf of the Polish Bishops' Conference and deliver the homily.
President of the Polish Bishops' Conference: the Baptism of Poland was a turn from the cult of creation to the cult of the Creator
The turn from the cult of creation to the cult of the Creator is the crucial change that happened through the act of Poland's baptism – said Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, stressing the epochal significance of the 966 event. On April 14, the National Feast of the Baptism of Poland is celebrated for the fifth time.
Archbishop Gądecki asked the Episcopates of the world to support the initiative of proclaiming St. John Paul II a Doctor of the Church and a Co-Patron of Europe
Twenty seven years of Pope John Paul II’s pontificate has had crucial significance for the Church and the world, in the context of his teaching, as well as in the context of the social impact – Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and Vice-President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE), wrote in a letter addressed to the presidents of the Episcopates of the world asking for support for the initiative of proclaiming St. John Paul II a doctor of the Church. Furthermore, Archbishop Gądecki asked the Presidents of the Episcopates of Europe to support the initiative to proclaim the Polish Pope a co-patron of Europe.
The President of the Polish Episcopate: There must be no compromise in the discussion on human life
"Talking about the so-called legal compromise on the protection of life is a falsification of reality, since by doing so, the most important 'third party' in the dispute, namely unborn children and their inalienable right to life are left out" - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in his statement in the context of the European Parliament resolution on abortion in Poland.
