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Bishop Piotrowski for "Ad Gentes" Sunday: Together with missionaries, we build the Church
Thanks to the dedicated service, prayer, suffering, and perseverance of missionaries, young mission communities grow and become stronger," wrote Bishop Jan Piotrowski, Chairman of the Commission on Missions of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in a communiqué for "Ad Gentes" Sunday, which is a Day of Prayer, Fasting and Solidarity with Missionaries. This year it falls on March 5.
The Church facing pandemic: millions of people pray online
TV, radio and online broadcasts of the Holy Mass, prayer of the Rosary at 8.30 p.m. for an end of the pandemic and Internet retreats - these are some of the initiatives taken by the Church in Poland due to the ongoing epidemic emergency in Poland and the reduction of the number of people in churches. All dioceses have been involved in the on-line initiatives - says Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.
Bishops in a letter for the centenary of John Paul II’s birth: Today he would tell us – “Do not be afraid”
In this difficult time for us all - when we struggle with the coronavirus pandemic and question the future of our families and society - it is worth asking what he would he say to us today? What message would speak to us his countrymen in May 2020? First come to our minds these words which he spoke to us in the homily inaugurating his pontificate. “Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ” - emphasizes the Praesidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in a letter on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Paul II.
Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine to the Church in Poland: Thank you and please continue to be close to us!
When the war brings death, suffering, and devastation, the community of the Church in Ukraine is not alone because the Church in Poland is with it. Please continue to be with us!” wrote the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine in a letter to the clergy and faithful of the Catholic Church in Poland, in connection with the Day of Prayer and Material Aid to the Church in the East, which falls on December 4.
Lombardi: Pope in Mexico "messenger of mercy, peace"
(Vatican Radio) On the last day of his pastoral visit to Mexico, Pope Francis on Wednesday visits inmates at a prison in Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border. Before heading back to Rome Wednesday evening, he will also meet people from the working world and celebrate Mass in the city located just across the border from El Paso. On Tuesday, the Holy Father visited Morelia in central Mexico where he celebrated Mass with religious, consecrated people and seminarians and later was greeted by tens of thousands of young people at the local stadium.
