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US expert: Religion powerful moral advocate on refugee crisis, climate
(Vatican Radio) What can interreligious dialogue contribute to combating climate change? A lot according to the U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for Religion and Global Affairs, Shaun Casey. In Part II of a wide ranging interview with Vatican Radio’s Tracey McClure, Casey recounted his involvement in the 30 November - 12 December 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, and how his office was intrigued to see the participation of so many religious groups.
The President of the Polish Episcopate Encourages Hospitality Towards Refugees
Poland's Baptism over 1050 years ago had social, cultural, popular and national dimensions—said Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki during the XXV Pilgrimage of Radio Maryja to Jasna Gora, which gathered nearly 100,000 people. The President of the Polish Bishops' Conference urged the Church in Poland to care for the neediest, including migrants and refugees, as an example of the attitude of Christian charity.
20 czerwca – Światowy Dzień Uchodźcy
Obchodzony 20 czerwca Światowy Dzień Uchodźcy jest dobrą okazją do tego, by zwracać uwagę na los człowieka, który znajduje się wśród nas z powodu złych, a nieraz i tragicznych warunków w kraju, z którego uciekł – podkreśla bp Krzysztof Zadarko, przewodniczący Rady KEP ds. Migracji, Turystyki i Pielgrzymek.
All dioceses in Poland celebrated the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees
The Church in Poland has actively participated in celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sunday, January 14. In many churches throughout the country there were masses celebrated according form “For Refugees and Exiles”. The Polish Bishops’ Conference appealed to the faithful to engage in specific assistance to migrants from the Middle East and Ukraine. There are 1.5 Million Ukrainian refugees living in Poland.
The Council of the Polish Episcopate for Migration and Pilgrimages: “Let us have the courage to express our assurance of solidarity and readiness to help”
A humane and evangelical response to the problems of migrants and refugees must never be restricted or suspended by any jurisdiction. Hospitality towards a foreigner is one of the indicators of our faith - wrote the chairman of the Council of the Polish Episcopate for Migration and Pilgrimages, Bishop Krzysztof Zadarko, in the communiqué on refugees who are reaching Poland.
