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In Love And In Truth – the Position of the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Once again we want to express our sincere will to continue the dialogue and the desire for even deeper reconciliation between our Churches. We trust that our Churches will soon be able to proclaim the Polish Pope as the patron of our reconciliation – we read in the Position of the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on the will to continue the dialogue and the desire for deeper reconciliation. The document was signed during the meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops, on August 27, 2019, at Jasna Góra.
The Council of Diocesan Bishops will meet on 25 August
On the eve of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Częstochowa, 25 August, the Council of Diocesan Bishops will meet at Jasna Góra, as it does every year. The bishops will discuss, among other things, the Commission of Independent Experts and the planned restructuring of the media of the Polish Bishops' Conference.
The Primate of Poland on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Czestochowa: Religious education at school protects against closure and isolation
Religious education at school, through the knowledge of God and its cultural and social character, opens the hearts and minds of pupils. It gives them a chance to live a life of hope, which overcomes the dangerous temptation of closing in on oneself and isolation – said Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the Primate of Poland, in his homily delivered during the Solemenity of Our Lady of Czestochowa at Jasna Gora.
Archbishop Henryk Hoser: We should not be worried about Medjugorje!
“If Marian devotion has flourished in Medjugorje, if such multitudes arrive there, it is therefore a place where veneration will continue, since Our Lady can be venerated everywhere, especially in those locations where this veneration is so fruitful, as we hear it has been from so many testimonies.”
President of the Bishops’ Conference: We thank God and Our Lady of Fatima for having saved the life of John Paul II
“We thank the Lord God and Our Lady of Fatima for having saved the life of the Polish Pope and, hence, for his long pontificate, which has strongly marked the history of the universal Church and the world,” said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the assassination attempt on the life of the Holy Father John Paul II, which fell on May 13th this year.
Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: Mary wanted to be called the Queen of Poland
It was Mary herself who wanted to be called the “Queen of Poland” - said Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, referring to the Marian apparitions from 1608 and the Feast of Our Lady Queen of Poland that falls on May 3. The main celebrations will take place at Jasna Góra with the participation of Polish bishops.
Pope Francis to open Lenten pastoral effort on social media
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is the inaugural contributor to a Lenten pastoral effort of the Prelature of the Pontifical Shrine of Our Lady of Pompeii. “Keep Lent” is an initiative of the Prelature’s youth ministry office, which reports several thousand subscribers already from throughout all of Italy and from around the world, including the United States.
Primate of Poland at Jasna Góra: Established by Christ, the Church is to follow Christ
“The Church, therefore, need not seek a new agenda. The Church is in no need to be choosing what it stands for. The Church has the program. Established by Christ, the Church is to follow Christ,” said Primate of Poland, Archbishop Wojciech Polak in his homily during the Solemn Mass at the Jasna Góra Shrine, commemorating the Solemnity of Our Lady of Częstochowa.
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for Vatican Radio: The icon of Jasna Gora has grown into Polish culture
The icon of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Jasna Góra has grown not only into Poland’s religiosity but also into the nation’s culture and tradition. It is a unifying gathering point - stressed the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in an interview with Vatican Radio and the Vatican News service. Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Our Lady of Częstochowa.
