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President of the Polish Episcopate on the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War: Let us make the effort to build peace
We should do everything possible to build peace. The day of 1 September calls us to undertake this effort, to undertake the effort to build peace with our prayers, our attitude, our care, and everything else - said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
Primate of Poland: The Church needs holy priests
The attitude of the Polish clergy during World War II, their faithfulness and steadfastness in times of persecution up to the literal sacrifice of their priestly lives, to martyrdom, undoubtedly grew out of a spirit of courageous and self-sacrificing service to God and brothers," said Polish Primate Archbishop Wojciech Polak, who presided at Mass at the National Shrine of St Joseph in Kalisz as part of the celebrations of the Day of the Martyrdom of the Polish Clergy.
Archbishop Gądecki for the 75th anniversary of Dachau concentration camp liberation: It is a day of memory and prayer for peace and reconciliation
Let us remember in our prayers of those who have experienced suffering. May it be an expression of our memory, honour and solidarity towards the martyrs and a prayer to God for peace and reconciliation for all - said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, which is celebrated in Poland as the Day of Martyrdom of the Polish Clergy during World War II.
We have been waiting for this moment for 225 years - Independence Day and the First Holy Mass Celebrated in the Temple of Divine Providence
“We have been waiting for this moment for 225 years,” emphasized the Metropolitan of Warsaw, Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, at the beginning of the first Mass celebrated in the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw’s District of Wilanow. On November 11th, Poland’s Independence Day, this church, under construction by the Poles since the adoption of the Constitution in 1791, was opened to the faithful. The work on this edifice—intended to be an ex-voto—was impeded first by the partition of Poland, then by World War II and the communist government.
Polish Episcopate Committee: the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising calls for prayer for peace
The outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 19, 1943, was a cry for life, freedom, identity and place in the world for the Jewish people. The anniversary of this uprising calls for a prayer for peace, especially in Ukraine - stressed Bishop Rafał Markowski, Chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish Bishops' Conference.
The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference to the Orthodox and Catholic Bishops of Russia and Ukraine: Let us join spiritual efforts to avert the specter of another war
Let us unite the spiritual efforts of Christ’s followers of various denominations in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland to avert the specter of another war in our region – this was the appeal of Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, in a letter to the Orthodox and Catholic bishops of Russia and Ukraine, including the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.
