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Prostyn: The only Sanctuary of the Holy Trinity in Poland received yesterday Pope’s blessing
During the diocesan celebrations in the Sanctuary of the Holy Trinity and St. Anna in Prostyn, the crown and nimbus blessed by Pope Francis were imposed on the miraculous statue of the Holy Trinity, called the Throne of Grace. The ceremony took place on May 27, at the end of the octave for the 500th anniversary of the apparitions of St. Anna in Prostyn.
Polish Bishops: the need for service to marriage and the family as well as people in non-sacramental relationships
The Polish Bishops’ Conference on 379th Plenary Meeting, on June 8, adopted the „Pastoral Guidelines for the Exhortation Amoris Laetitia”. Bishops emphasize the need to serve the engaged, spouses and families as well as people living in irregular relationships according to the pastoral criteria proposed by Pope Francis: acceptance, accompaniment, discernment and integration. The document does not address the issue of holy communion for people living in non-sacramental relationships.
Archbishop Hoser: prophetic voice of “Humanae vitae” on the results of contraception
The voice of the “Humanae vitae” encyclical on the results of contraception turned out to be prophetic. Pope Paul VI aptly predicted that its application would open the easy path of marital unfaithfulness and the general fall of manners - said Archbishop Henryk Hoser during the session dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of Paul VI’s “Humanae vitae”, which took place on June 12 at the seat of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.
Celebrations in Poznan of the 1050th anniversary of the first bishopric in Poland
The jubilee celebrations were held on 22-24 June under the motto “Poznan. Christ and us”. They were presided over by the papal legate Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague and Primate of the Czech Republic. The culminating moment of the three-day celebrations was the Eucharist, on June 23, on the square in front of the Poznan Cathedral, during which the message of Pope Francis was read. Several dozen bishops participated in it, including Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski and Archbishop Wojciech Polak.
Archbishop Gadecki: The postmodern world rejects objectivity, stability, normativity and normality
The postmodern world rejects all objectivity, stability, normativity, as well as normality. The call for principles is not popular in the present world, which is marked by the crisis of faith and reason – said archbishop Gadecki, the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, in the homily at the grave of St. John Paul II in St. Peter’s Basilica, on October 4th. The Poles presently in Rome participated in the Eucharist.
Archbishop Gadecki, referring to the teaching of St. Pope John Paul II, recalled his question about what modern man fears and the answer to the absence of a diagnosis of modern times. “Modern man seems to be threatened by what he has made with his own hands and mind,” said Archbishop Gadecki, alluding to St. John Paul II’s words. He emphasized that people’s creations often not only turn against manbut can also affect, along with him, everything that surrounds us.
“Through the scientific and technical progress, man’s world has been enriched richer with different possibilities, but it ha
Polish Synod Fathers: Let us help young people to listen to Jesus (third day of the synod)
The word “listen” is one of those most frequently repeated in the synod. In a special way, the need for the Church to listen to the voice of young people is emphasized. This is very important, but our task is, above all, to help young people to listen to the voice of Jesus, said Bishop Florczyk from Poland on Saturday during the third working day of the synod.
On Saturday, October 6 th , the synod’s participants discussed in working groups, concentrating on the first part of the working document of the synod, the Instrumentum Laboris, dedicated to the analysis of the context in which young people live and the actions
the Church undertakes to meet them. In the afternoon, there was a meeting that brought together the Pope and the Synod Fathers with young people.
