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Warsaw: Meeting of the Byelorussian Bishops with Benefactors of the Church
The Catholic bishops of Belarus have come to Warsaw for a short visit. On January 24th and 25th, they met with representatives of the German aid association Renovabis, the Pontifical Association of Aid to the Church in Need, the USCCB Subcommittee on the Church in Central and Eastern Europe, and the organization Porticus. These are the largest institutions that have been helping the Church in Belarus for a long time.
Pope and Patriarch's joint statement to show common Christian witness
(Vatican Radio) The historic meeting of Pope Francis with Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church has a special significance during this Jubilee year of mercy. That’s the view of Dominican Fr Hyacinthe Destivelle who is in charge of relations with the Slavic Orthodox Churches at the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Committee on Mission of the Polish Bishops’ Conference has summarized the past year of missionary formation in Poland
“The missionaries whom I had the opportunity to visit in Congo Brazzaville and Angola expressed great gratitude to the Church in Poland, which supports their missionary ministry with prayer and material and financial support”, said Bishop Jan Piotrowski, opening the meeting of the Episcopal Committee for the Missions. The meeting, which took place on 13 March at Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, summarized a year of formation and missionary animation in Poland.
Communiqué from the Co-Chairmen of the Catholic-Orthodox Bilateral Team
The decision to suspend the participation of the Orthodox side in the work of the Catholic-Orthodox Bilateral Team is of a temporary nature and does not mean that the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church breaks off ecumenical dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church, reads the Communique of the Co-Chairmen of the Catholic-Orthodox Bilateral Team, signed by Bishop Adam Bab, Auxiliary Bishop of the Lublin Archdiocese, and Most Reverend Abel, Orthodox Archbishop of Lublin and Chełm. The meeting of the Co-Chairmen took place on November 3 at the seat of the Metropolitan Curia of the Lublin Archdiocese.
Institute for Catholic Church Statistics (ICCS): clear continuity in the activities of Catholic structures and organizations in Poland
The data for 2020 included in the annual ICCS statistics show a clear continuity in the activities of Catholic structures and organizations in Poland: parishes, dioceses and religious orders - said Fr. Wojciech Sadłoń PhD, SAC, director of the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics, during a press conference at which the latest research results were presented.
