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Archbishop Zimowski Has Gone to the Father's House
On Tuesday, 12 July, shortly before midnight, Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski, President of the Pontifical Council for the Sick and the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers (Vatican Minister of Health) and Senior Bishop of the Diocese of Radom, died. He was a close the associate of the three popes. The motto of his episcopal life was: "I have not come to be served but to serve."
The Presidium of the Polish Bishops' Conference on the Istanbul Convention: Marriage is a permanent union between a woman and a man
The Presidium of the Bishop’s Conference has issued a statement on the ongoing debate on “The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,” better known as the Istanbul Convention, which was adopted on 11
May 2011. In the statement, repeating the position of the Bishops of Central Europe, the Presidium calls for its rejection. At the same time, it supports the citizens’ initiative to replace it with the International Convention on the Rights of the Family.
Activities of the Church in Poland in terms of prevention and protection of children and youth 2005-2019
Since 2005, the Catholic Church has been particularly involved in efforts to protect children and young people against sexual abuse by clerics. At the initiative of the Church, the Child Protection Center was established, about 3,000 priests were trained in prevention, and in each diocese there is a delegate dealing with the protection of children and youth.
Archbishop Gądecki: Martial law is a great deal of lawlessness and harm
The scale of lies - supporting the thesis about a lesser evil - that arose around martial law was enormous, and many Poles still do not notice the extent of lawlessness and harm - said the President of the Polish Bishop’s Conference on the 40th anniversary of the introduction of martial law. Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki presided over Holy Mass at the church of Poznań's Dominicans, where people prayed for the homeland during the time of martial law.
Gifts for the Holy Father from Young Poles
T-shirts of the Olympic athletes, this year’s Lednica package, and the positio for the beatification of Fr. Franciszek Blachnicki were presented to the Holy Father Francis as gifts from the young Poles. Yesterday afternoon, they were delivered to the Synod of Bishops in Rome by the Polish delegation.
The Council for Pastoral Care for Poles Abroad in Europe met in Vilnius
The plenary meeting of the Council for Pastoral Care for Poles Abroad of Europe was held on 22-24 September 2023 at Domus Maria near the Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Council brings together several dozen people - clergy, religious sisters, and laity, representing Polish-speaking pastoral care in European countries. Its chairman is the Conference of Polish Bishops’ Delegate for the Pastoral Care of Polish Emigrants, Bishop Piotr Turzyński. The meeting concerned issues related to catechesis.
Secretary General of Polish Episcopate: Persecuted Christians Need Our Support
Persecuted Christians need our support. They need our spiritual presence and material assistance," said Bishop Artur G. Miziński, Secretary General of the Polish Bishops' Conference, announcing the 15th Day of Solidarity with the Persecuted Church. It will be celebrated in the Church in Poland on Sunday, November 12, under the motto "This is always our home." This year, Aid to the Church in Need is paying particular attention to persecuted Christians in the Middle East.
