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President of the Polish Bishops' Conference: The victims will not lack the support of the Church communit
We want to emphasize that the wronged have the right to count on the fact that on the long and difficult path of recovery they will not lack the support of the entire Church community - emphasized Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in connection with the Day of prayer and penance for sexual abuse of minors on the first Friday of Lent.
Kraków: the image of the Merciful Jesus composed out of 15,000 photographs
An the image of the Merciful Jesus composed out of 15,000 photographs sent in by the faithful from the entire world was unveiled on July 22 in the Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Łagiewniki. The project was coordinated by religious sisters from the Faustyna2016 team and members of the Kraków-based community Christ in the Old Town.
Holy See to Security Council: 'UN Charter key to international peace and security'
(Vatican Radio) Msgr. Simon Kassas, First Secretary of the Holy See's Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations, spoke on Monday to the UN Security Council on "The Respect to the Principles and Purposes of the Charter of the United Nations as Key Element for the Maintenance of International Peace and Security".
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.
Australians urged to fight human trafficking, injustice
The Catholic Church of Australia is calling on its citizens not to be indifferent to human trafficking and take simple steps to combatting global injustice. The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Commission for Pastoral life (BCPL) and Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) are calling for a day of prayer, reflection and action against human trafficking on 8 February, the Feast of St Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who was rescued and later became a Canossian nun, and was declared a Saint in 2000. Last year, the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the International Union of Superiors General, promoted the first “International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking”, or Bakhita Day, on Feb. 8.
