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Image of Divine Mercy made of selfies in Lagiewniki till mid-November
A Divine Mercy image made of selfie photographs presented on a huge canvas during World Youth Day event in Krakow, south Poland, will be exhibited next to the Divine Mercy Sanctuary in the Krakow district Lagiewniki until mid-November. Under the previous arrangements, it was meant to be presented there till the end of August.
5th Anniversary of the Canonization of St. John Paul II and 80th Birthday of Cardinal Dziwisz
On April 27, we will celebrate the 5th anniversary of the canonization of St. John Paul II, which coincided with the Sunday of Divine Mercy. On this day, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, long-time secretary of St. John Paul II, will celebrate his 80th birthday. On the occasion, Cardinal Dziwisz recalls reminiscences related to Pope Wojtyla.
Communiqué from the 400th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference
The formation of presbyters, the media coverage in the proclamation of the Gospel, the organisation of religious education in school, the project of the Commission of independent experts to investigate the phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church in Poland – these were the main topics of the 400th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held on 12-14 March in Warsaw.
The Primate of Poland on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Czestochowa: Religious education at school protects against closure and isolation
Religious education at school, through the knowledge of God and its cultural and social character, opens the hearts and minds of pupils. It gives them a chance to live a life of hope, which overcomes the dangerous temptation of closing in on oneself and isolation – said Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the Primate of Poland, in his homily delivered during the Solemenity of Our Lady of Czestochowa at Jasna Gora.
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.
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.
