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Institute for Catholic Church Statistics: More people at Sunday Masses and receiving Holy Communion
In 2017, the rate of Catholics participating in Sunday Eucharist increased by 1.6% in comparison to 2016. The rate of Catholics receiving Holy Communion increased by 1%. This means that approximately half a million more Catholics regularly participated in Holy Masses and around 300,000 more people received Holy Communion - according to the latest research of the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics presented on January 8.
President of the Polish Bishops' Conference: We cannot understand Christ without Sacred Scripture
The Sunday of the Word of God is a spark that appears and should stir fervor and love for Sacred Scripture without which we cannot understand Christ - said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, speaking about the upcoming Sunday of the Word of God, which this year falls on the 24 of January.
The Plenary Assembly
During the Plenary Assembly, the ordinary work of the Polish Bishops' Conference takes place and the most important decisions concerning the Church in Poland are taken. All members of the Conference have the right and duty to participate in the Assembly. At the invitation of the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, the Apostolic Nuncio participates in the Assembly. Ordinary plenary assemblies are held twice a year, and extraordinary ones at the request of the Presidium.
The Communication from the session of the Permanent Council of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
Protection of the life of each person, nationwide Church celebrations of the 100th anniversary of Poland’s regaining independence and the election of the Church Personal Data Inspector - these were the main issues raised at the session of the Permanent Council of the Polish Episcopate, which took place at Jasna Góra on May 2, 2018.
Reception of Christ as King and Lord
The Jubilee Act of the Reception of Christ as King and Lord was solemnly recited on 19 November 2016 in the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy and, on the following day, in all Polish parishes this act of faith, confirming the choice of Christ and sealing with Him the baptismal covenant, was repeated. This act is recognition of His dominion over the entire world and submission to His law.
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.
Archbishop Gądecki for the 75th anniversary of Dachau concentration camp liberation: It is a day of memory and prayer for peace and reconciliation
Let us remember in our prayers of those who have experienced suffering. May it be an expression of our memory, honour and solidarity towards the martyrs and a prayer to God for peace and reconciliation for all - said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, which is celebrated in Poland as the Day of Martyrdom of the Polish Clergy during World War II.
The Pope drew attention to Archbishop Gadecki’s Speech
Speaking with the Polish delegation on October 10th, during the session’s break, Pope Francis expressed interest in the speech of the Synod Father from Poland, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki. The Pope said that he liked it, especially because a biblical scholar addressed a social issue. “The Holy Father drew attention to Archbishop Gądecki’s pertinent observations regarding the new totalitarianism that is shaping the attitudes of young people and destroying them,” reported Bishop Marian Florczyk, who was present at the meeting with the Pope.
President of the Polish Episcopate at the celebrations of St. Stephen in Budapest
To enter a renewed path in the light of Christ, to defend human life and family, to shape social justice according to the Gospel, true freedom in everyday life and to set an authentic example of life according to the Gospel, Christian virtues, an example of spiritual development in Hungary, Poland and all of Europe - said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki during the celebrations held in Budapest in honour of St. Stephen, Patron Saint of Hungary, on the occasion of the national feast.
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.
