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USA: Wielki Post dla Amerykanów
W Stanach Zjednoczonych nie słabnie zainteresowanie Wielkim Postem i praktykami pokutnymi. Środa Popielcowa, na przykład, jest trzecim w roku dniem najwyższej frekwencji wiernych w kościele, zaraz po Bożym Narodzeniu i Wielkanocy. Rokrocznie ok. 45 procent dorosłych katolików udaje się tam do świątyń na posypanie głowy popiołem. Ta wysoka liczba, jak wynika z badań, jest wyrazem potrzeby nawrócenia i pamiętania o swojej przemijalności.
Aid Workers Concerned Over Refugee Crisis At Greece-Macedonia Border
(Vatican Radio) Aid workers have warned of a humanitarian crisis at the Greece-Macedonian border after Macedonia effectively closed its borders to most refugees. Authorities link that move to decision by other Balkan countries to cap the number of migrants allowed entry, after Austria announced it would allow maximum 3,200 migrants to enter the country. In Athens people demonstrated against Austria's move, but that has done little to ease tensions at the border.
Bishop who helped rebuild Church in Cambodia passes away
A French missionary bishop who spent decades helping revive a decimated Catholic community in Cambodia after the devastation of the Khmer Rouge, died on Jan. 28. Bishop Emile Destombes died at the age of 80 in his home in Phnom Penh, after receiving Holy Communion from his successor, Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler of Phnom Penh. Born in 1931 in Roncq, France, Emile Destombes was ordained to the priesthood in 1961. He was appointed coadjutor vicar apostolic of Phnom Penh in 1997, succeeded in 2001 and retired in 2010.
Communiqué After the Council of Diocesan Bishops
The beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Rosa Czacka, the Ad Limina visit of the Polish Bishops, the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, and the situation of migrants and refugees – these are the most important issues raised in the communiqué of the session of the Diocesan Bishops’ Council held at Jasna Góra on August 25th.
