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Bishop Turzyński: Relics of the Ulma Family will visit Polish parishes abroad
"Countries such as England and Wales, France, Germany or Hungary will receive relics of the Blessed Ulma Family from Markowa, which will visit Polish parishes abroad” – announced Bishop Piotr Turzyński, the Delegate of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for the Pastoral Care of Polish Emigrants, during a meeting of members and consultants of the Team of the Polish Episcopate next to the Delegate for the Pastoral Care of Polish Emigrants, which was held on 9 February at the Secretariat of the Polish Bishops' Conference in Warsaw.
January 17th – The Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland
We not only want to celebrate but also we are also intent on showing the deep relations that exist between the Catholic Church and Judaism - said Bishop Rafał Markowski, chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, during a meeting announcing the 25th jubilee celebration of the Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland. This year the day’s national celebrations will be held in Poznan.
Biography of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, was born at Marktl am Inn, Diocese of Passau (Germany) on 16 April 1927 (Holy Saturday) and was baptised on the same day.His faith and the education received at home prepared him for the harsh experience of those years during which the Nazi regime pursued a hostile attitude towards the Catholic Church. From 1946 to 1951 he studied philosophy and theology in the Higher School of Philosophy and Theology of Freising and at the University of Munich. He received his priestly ordination on 29 June 1951. In 1953 he obtained his doctorate in theology with a thesis entitled "People and House of God in St Augustine’s Doctrine of the Church". Four years later, under the direction of the renowned professor of fundamental theology Gottlieb Söhngen, he qualified for University teaching with a dissertation on: "The Theology of History in St Bonaventure". From 1962 to 1965 he made a notable contribution to Vatican II as an "expert"; being present at the Council as theological adv
President of the Polish Episcopate on the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War: Let us make the effort to build peace
We should do everything possible to build peace. The day of 1 September calls us to undertake this effort, to undertake the effort to build peace with our prayers, our attitude, our care, and everything else - said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
Polish Episcopate spokesman on the 13th Education Week
In a pastoral letter on the occasion of the 13th Education Week, the bishops called to mind the Synod, whose purpose is to discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Church today. The bishops encouraged us to live the Education Week in a similar spirit - said the Polish Bishops' Conference spokesman, Fr Leszek Gesiak SJ, on the occasion of the 13th Education Week, which began in the Church in Poland on September 10.
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.
