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The President of the Polish Bishops' Conference will travel to Kazakhstan for a Congress of Religious Leaders
On September 14-15, the 7th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, will be held in the Kazakh capital Nur-Sultan under the theme “The role of the leaders of world and traditional religions in the spiritual and social development of humanity in the post-pandemic period.” It will be attended by the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki.
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.
Fr. James Martin SJ: a conversation with Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) America Magazine’s Editor-at-Large, Fr. James Martin, SJ, is in Rome this week for a series of appointments, including a briefing for journalists at the US Embassy to the Holy See (the proceedings were off the record) and the closing Vespers for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
Benedict XVI Centre: roots of culture, bridges of discourse
(Vatican Radio) The Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society is a new interdisciplinary endeavor designed to create synergy and explore existing connections among the social sciences as these pertain to religion and the study of religion. Founded by St. Mary’s University, Twickenham, with the approval of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, the Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society brings together existing strands of research and seeks to foster new projects with partner researchers and organizations.
Euro parliament: IS crimes labelled as ‘genocide’
(Vatican Radio) The European parliament on Thursday passed a resolution that labelled as ‘genocide’ the systematic mass murder of religious minorities by the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq and Syria. Passed overwhelmingly by a show of hands, the resolution urged the international community to take action to protect all religious and minority groups against IS attacks. Lars Adaktusson from Sweden is the member of the European parliament (MEP) who spearheaded this debate and resolution and speaking after it was passed he explained to Susy Hodges why it is so important to classify the atrocities of the IS group as ‘genocide.’
