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The Episcopate’s President Entrusted the Nation and the Church in Poland to St. Joseph
In front of the miraculous image of St. Joseph in the National Sanctuary of St. Joseph in Kalisz the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, made the Act of Entrustment of the Nation and the Church in Poland to St. Joseph. The Act is an expression of faith in the protection of St. Joseph, a request for his help, and a commitment to live in accordance with the will of God.
Cardinal Semeraro: Fr Michał Rapacz's beatification is a sign of consolation from God
Today's beatification is a sign of consolation from God, in times marked by wounds inflicted by violence and war – said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro at the Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Krakow-Łagiewniki. The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints presided on Saturday, 15 June, over the Mass of Beatification of Father Michał Rapacz, a parish priest from Płoki murdered by the communists on 12 May 1946. 12 May will henceforth be the day of the liturgical commemoration of the new Blessed.
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.
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.
