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Polish bishops on the Synod and current issues of the Church in Poland (communiqué following the debates)
The first Roman session of the Synod on synodality, a new pastoral program for the Church in Poland, protection of children and young people, as well as the conflict in the Holy Land were the main topics addressed at the 396th Plenary Session of the Polish Bishop’s Conference, held on 20-21 November 2023 in the Jasna Góra Shrine.
The 396th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference began
The 396th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference began with the Daytime Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours. The event is scheduled for the 20th and 21st of November at Jasna Góra. During the first day of the Assembly, the bishops will discuss a document entitled "Synodal Church in Mission" which summarizes the first Roman session of the Synod on synodality.
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference: The Teaching of the Church is to Remain Unified
“In the numerous statements communicated to the Synod Secretariat, we expressed our intention to preserve unity in the faith, convinced that while the pastoral practices in the world may differ due to the differences in civilisation, history, cultures, languages, and customs, the teaching of the Church must remain unified”, said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, during a press conference reviewing the first Roman session of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, held at the Secretariat of the Polish Bishops' Conference on 8 November 2023.
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.
Polish Bishops' Conference President on Synod expectations
My desire is that with all the diversity, we preserve the unity of the Church and that at the end of this Synod, the Holy Spirit would hint at what synodality means," said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki before the commencement of the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod.
The President of the Polish Bishops' Conference urges prayer for the first session of the Synod on Synodality
I ask that all parishes in Poland offer the October rosary prayer for Holy Father Francis, synodal participants, and especially for the Polish delegation - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in an Appeal for Prayer for the First Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod.
Polish Bishops' Conference President: Do not leave the Synod without prayer
The point is not to leave this event in Rome without prayer so that out of all this, the Church will grow, mature, and be able to become more active - said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki in a video message to a press conference held at the Episcopate Secretariat on preparations for synodal discernment before the commencement of the Rome session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality. A special insert was presented during the press conference, which accompanies the latest issue of major Catholic weeklies, entitled The Synod of the Church. "Toward a Synodal Church: communion, participation, mission - important themes and inspirations.
