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President of the Polish Episcopate: Safeguarding children and helping the victims should be a priority for each of us
“We meet today in order to share our experiences and also to support the protection of children and initiate necessary cooperation,” said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, the President of the Polish Bishops Conference, at the opening of the international conference of the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe on the protection of minors, which is being held in Warsaw on 19-22 September this year.
Message from the Head of the Office of the PBC's Delegate for the Protection of Children and Youth
On Friday, August 13th, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the Polish Episcopal Delegate for the Protection of Children and Young People, transmitted to the State Commission for Pedophilia the results of the analysis of the statistical data gathered in the context of the two searches conducted, as well as the report forms which were used to gather this data.
Bishop Miziński: The Church invites wounded people to her community, offering them the gift of prayer and penance
The Church, as a community of believers, wishes to offer the wounded the gift of her prayer and penance. She wants to spiritually embrace those who suffer the wrongs inflicted on them. She wants to be a benevolent environment for them where they can get the support they need so much on the long and difficult path of recovery. We all need community with the wounded as a space of spiritual unity, as experience of exchanging gifts that we can offer each other – said the General Secretary of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Bishop Artur G. Miziński, at the beginning of the Mass celebrated in the chapel of the Secretariat of the Polish Bishops' Conference for the intention of sexually abused minors.
President of the Polish Episcopate: St. John Paul II started the process of preventing sexual crimes in the Church
People who thoroughly research the history of the pontificate of St. John Paul II know very well that the issues of protecting children and youth and counteracting sexual crimes by some clergymen were the highest priority for him, emphasizes Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, vice-president of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) and president of the Polish Episcopal Conference.
The President of the Polish Episcopate: There must be no compromise in the discussion on human life
"Talking about the so-called legal compromise on the protection of life is a falsification of reality, since by doing so, the most important 'third party' in the dispute, namely unborn children and their inalienable right to life are left out" - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in his statement in the context of the European Parliament resolution on abortion in Poland.
Przesłanie europejskich biskupów do Unii i państw członkowskich
Przyszłość Unii Europejskiej nie zależy jedynie od gospodarki i finansów, ale również od postawy duchowej i nowej mentalności – przypominają przewodniczący episkopatów Unii Europejskiej. W kontekście pandemicznego kryzysu postanowili wystosować „przesłanie nadziei i wezwanie do solidarności” do instytucji unijnych i do państw członkowskich.
The President of the Polish Episcopate met with international journalists
The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, met with journalists belonging to Club Grande Europe from eleven European countries at the Secretariat of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. The conversation concerned current events in the Church in Poland, including issues of protection of conceived life, protection of minors, refugees and so-called sexual minorities.
