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Poland: 32.000 consecrated people serve God and neighbor
“Consecrated persons in today’s world are promoters of love” – said bishop Jacek Kiciński,CMF, on January 31, during the press conference at the seat of the Polish Bishops’ Conference before the XXII World Day of Consecrated Life, celebrated on February 2. In Poland there are 18,000 nuns, almost 12,000 monks, 1281 contemplative nuns and over 1000 consecrated virgins, widows and widowers.
Communiqué After the Council of Diocesan Bishops
The beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elżbieta Rosa Czacka, the Ad Limina visit of the Polish Bishops, the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, and the situation of migrants and refugees – these are the most important issues raised in the communiqué of the session of the Diocesan Bishops’ Council held at Jasna Góra on August 25th.
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.
25–26 August: Meeting of the Permanent Council of the Bishops and the Solemnity of Our Lady of Częstochowa
On 25 August, the eve of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Częstochowa, a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Bishops will take place at Jasna Góra. The following day, the bishops will take part in the feast day celebrations, which this year coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Jasna Góra Vows of the Polish Nation.
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.
President of the Polish Episcopate: Bishops apologize to everyone who has been affected by this sin and crime
The Bishops expressed their sadness at the suffering of people who were harmed by some clergymen, apologizing to everyone who has been affected by this sin and at the same time a crime - said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, summing up the session of the Permanent Council of the Polish Episcopate, which took place on May 22 in Warsaw. The meeting was devoted to the subject of further Church activities in Poland regarding the protection of minors.
President of the Polish Episcopate: I appeal to all believers to support the Pope with their prayers and suffering
I appeal once again to all believers and those for whom the Pope has always been a moral authority to support the Pope with their prayers, their suffering and in other ways, asking for health for him – encouraged the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC in a video message.
Statement of the Council for the Family of the Polish Bishops’ Conference on the Protection of the Constitutional Understanding of Marriage
Marriage between a woman and a man has a unique social, anthropological, and spiritual significance. Therefore, any debate concerning its place within the legal and social order should be conducted responsibly, calmly, and with genuine concern for the common good – Polish bishops appeal in the Statement on the Protection of the Constitutional Understanding of Marriage.
