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7 September: Canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
On Sunday, 7 September 2025, the canonisation of Blessed Carlo Acutis and Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will take place in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. The Polish Bishops' Conference will be represented by Bishop Grzegorz Suchodolski, Bishop Piotr Kleszcz OFMConv, Bishop Tomasz Sztajerwald, and Bishop Zbigniew Wołkowicz.
President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference: Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation is a long process
Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation is a long process. It starts with what we call a longing for truth, said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, during a press conference taking place in the House of the Archbishops of Warsaw after the Service of “Forgiveness and Reconciliation”.
Presentation of research on the sexual abuse of minors in the Church in the years 1958-2020
In the period from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020, 368 declarations of sexual abuse against minors under and over 15 were received by dioceses and men's orders in Poland. The reports concern the acts committed in the years 1958-2020. 292 priests and religious were accused of sexual crimes against minors during that period. These are the data of the latest report prepared by the Institute of Statistics of the Catholic Church in cooperation with the Office of the Delegate for the Protection of Children and Youth of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. The research was financed by the Saint Joseph Foundation of the Polish Episcopate.
Archbishop Szal at Jasna Góra: May Polish families be rich in love as the family of the Blessed Ulmas
May Polish families be rich in love as the family of the Blessed Ulmas. May they be for the young generation a catechesis about respect for parents, in-laws, and neighbours in need of help – said Archbishop Adam Szal, Metropolitan of Przemyśl, to the participants of the 39th National Pilgrimage of Married Couples and Families. The Mass was presided over by Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel, President of the Council for the Family of the Polish Bishops' Conference. The spouses traditionally renewed their wedding vows. The event launched a peregrination of the Blessed Ulma Family in the sign of their relics.
19th Pope’s Day as part of celebrations of the 100th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s birth
The uniqueness of this Pope’s Day lies in the fact that we experience it in the year in which the universal Church and the Church in Poland is celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Paul II’s birth. Therefore, let us make sure that the Pope’s Day is lived with full commitment at the parish level, with the full involvement of cities and villages, with full commitment in the dioceses and in Warsaw itself - said Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, metropolitan of Warsaw and chairman of the Council of the “Work of the New Millennium” Foundation, during a press conference before the 19th Pope’s Day, which we will take place on Sunday, October 13 under the motto: “Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way”.
Archbishop Gądecki will ask the Presidents of European Bishops’ Conferences to support the proclamation of St. John Paul II Patron of Europe and Doctor of the Church
“I asked for permission to send an invitation to the Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences of all of Europe to support the initiative that I had addressed to Pope Francis to proclaim St. John Paul II Patron of Europe and Doctor of the Church. I have received such permission” – said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and Vice-President of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE) during the meeting of the Presidency of the CCEE on December 1-3 in Bratislava.
Polish Bishops thank Pope Francis for the 10 years of ministry for the good of the Catholic Church
We are grateful for the teaching of Your Holiness, which inspires us to live our daily lives according to the high measure of holiness – wrote Polish bishops present at the 394th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in Warsaw in a letter to Pope Francis on the 10th anniversary of his pontificate.
