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The Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Episcopate will meet on 27 August
Religious education in school, initiatives related to the Jubilee Year 2025, and issues of protecting children and young people as key provisions of the so-called "Act of Kamilek" come into force – these are the main topics of the upcoming meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops' Conference. The session will traditionally take place at Jasna Góra, on Tuesday 27 August, the day after the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Częstochowa.
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.
18-19 November, Wrocław: Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops
The main celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops will take place on 18 and 19 November in Wrocław. They will be attended by members of the Polish and German episcopates, the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland and representatives of the authorities of both countries concerned by the Letter of reconciliation.
The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference encourages to give thanks for the gift of freedom on the 105th anniversary of the ‘Miracle on the Vistula’
Let us pray that we may love and respect our Homeland. And let us ask for the graces we need, above all peace and reconciliation in our Church and country, because only when we are united are we strong – Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC, President of the Polish Episcopal Conference, says on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the ‘Miracle on the Vistula’.
Bishops after 400th Plenary Assembly on religious education in school, protection of minors and formation of presbyters
Changes introduced by the Ministry of National Education to the organisation of religious education in school, the preparation of a project of a Commission of independent experts to investigate the phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church in Poland, and the formation of presbyters – these were the topics discussed by the bishops at a press conference following the conclusion of the 400th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held in Warsaw on 12-14 March this year.
Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: #ThankYouJohnPaul2 campaign conquers the Internet
Under the hashtag #ThankYouJohnPaul2, one can read in social media thousands of thanks to St. John Paul II, which have been coming from all over the world for several days. #ThankYouJohnPaul2 campaign conquers the Internet and shows that the memory of the Pope from Poland and his message is still alive – stressed the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik.
The Polish National Pilgrimage to Rome from 20 to 23 October
The most recent National Pilgrimage took place in 2003, in thanksgiving for the 25 years of the pontificate of St. John Paul II. This time, Poles are coming to thank the Holy Father Francis for his visit to Poland and the World Youth Day, and in the context of the celebrations of the 1050th anniversary of Poland's Baptism and the Year of Mercy.
Bishop Bałabuch: We Never Lack Liturgical Challenges
“We never lack liturgical challenges, and new ones keep appearing, but we have well-prepared liturgists in Poland who watch over the correctness of liturgy,” Bishop Adam Bałabuch stressed, summing up his ministry as the president of the Commission for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. He served two consecutive five-year terms.
