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The President of the Bishops' Conference and the Polish Episcopate's Delegate for Polish Emigration Expressed Solidarity with the Polish Community After the Fire in the Church at Glasgow
"We assure you of the spiritual closeness and solidarity of the Church in Poland with the pastors and all the faithful for whom St. Simon's Church has for decades been a place of worship and at the same time an important center for the Polish community," wrote Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish Bishops' Conference, and Bishop Wiesław Lechowicz, the Polish Episcopate's Delegate for Polish Emigration, in a letter to Father Marian Łękawa, rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in Scotland.
Bishop Piotrowski: Missionaries bring hope and consolation with their selfless help
Missionaries not only proclaim the Gospel and form communities of faith, but also carry out works of merciful love. They bring hope and comfort to local communities tormented by poverty and disease with their selfless help - we read in the communiqué of the chairman of the Mission Commission of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Jan Piotrowski on the Day of Prayer and Aid to Missions celebrated on 6th January under the slogan "From the Last Supper to the Ends of the World".
Bishop Piotrowski: The missionary is a person on their way
The missionary vocation, which some people in the Church live, is a special type of vocation that allows the Church to send the gift of the Gospel to the proverbial ends of the earth - said Bishop Jan Piotrowski, Chairman of the Mission Commission of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, on the occasion of the Day of Prayer and Aid to Missions celebrated on 6thJanuary under the motto "From the Last Supper to the Ends of the World".
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference to the Apostolic Nuncio: the Catholic Church in Poland thanks you for your ministry in our Homeland
The Catholic Church in Poland thanks you for your ministry in our Homeland and wishes wholeheartedly that your new mission will bring much spiritual good to the whole Catholic Church," said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki to Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Poland. During the Eucharist celebrated on 13 March 2023 with the participation of the Polish Bishops' Conference at the Divine Providence Church in Warsaw, thanks were also given for 10 years of the pontificate of Pope Francis.
Archbishop Guzdek: Pope Francis preaches the full revealed truth with the courage of a prophet.
Pope Francis takes care of the Church who is not afraid of the time at hand and who wants to fulfil the mission of preaching the Good News, said Archbishop Józef Guzdek, Metropolitan of Białystok, in a homily during the Holy Mass in the Divine Providence Shrine in Warsaw. The celebration was officiated by Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate. The co-celebrants included the bishops gathered at the 394th Plenary Meeting of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.
Position of the Polish Bishops before the XIV Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (4-25.10.2015)
The Polish Bishops' Conference expresses its gratitude to the Holy Father Francis for the gift of the Synod of Bishops, whose theme this year will be "The Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and Contemporary World." We also thank the millions of Poles - including family communities and movements - who are praying for Pope Francis, the Cardinals, the Bishops and people who will take part in the Synod. We encourage everyone to continue praying for the synod, in which - at the request of the Holy Father - Bishops from Poland will participate with joy and care for the families.
Polish Bishops' Conference President: Do not leave the Synod without prayer
The point is not to leave this event in Rome without prayer so that out of all this, the Church will grow, mature, and be able to become more active - said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki in a video message to a press conference held at the Episcopate Secretariat on preparations for synodal discernment before the commencement of the Rome session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on synodality. A special insert was presented during the press conference, which accompanies the latest issue of major Catholic weeklies, entitled The Synod of the Church. "Toward a Synodal Church: communion, participation, mission - important themes and inspirations.
