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Institute for Catholic Church Statistics: More people at Sunday Masses and receiving Holy Communion
In 2017, the rate of Catholics participating in Sunday Eucharist increased by 1.6% in comparison to 2016. The rate of Catholics receiving Holy Communion increased by 1%. This means that approximately half a million more Catholics regularly participated in Holy Masses and around 300,000 more people received Holy Communion - according to the latest research of the Institute for Catholic Church Statistics presented on January 8.
6 June 2026: Beatification of Fr Jan Świerc SDB and his Companions
On 6 June 2026, in Krakow, nine Salesian martyrs will be beatified: Fr Jan Świerc SDB and his Companions, who gave their lives with faith and love in the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps during World War II. The Holy Mass will be presided over by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints.
Professor Bańka before the Synod: A well-experienced retreat will make it possible to meet in a spirit of fraternity
Hope, settling in the Church, listening to each other, and friendship are vital concepts for properly discovering what God is leading us to during the Roman stage of the Synod, says Professor Aleksander Bańka, summing up the three-day retreat for Synod participants taking place in Sacrofano. As he stresses, a well-experienced retreat will allow the Synod participants to meet in a spirit of fraternity and good relations.
June 29 in the Vatican: Pallia for three Polish Metropolitan Archbishops
On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, Pope Leo XIV will bless the pallia and confer them upon newly appointed metropolitan archbishops from around the world. Among them will be three metropolitan archbishops from Poland: Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, and Archbishop Andrzej Przybylski.
