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Fr. Martin Michalíček, New Secretary General of CCEE
Fr Martin Michalíček is the new Secretary General of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Late in the morning the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, gathered Poznań (13-16) for their annual Plenary Assembly (13-16 September), elected him for a five-year term (with immediate effect). Fr Martin Michalíček succeeds Duarte da Cunha, who concluded a second five-year term. The CCEE President, Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, along with the Vice-presidents, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, his Grace Mgr Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań, and the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, thanked Fr Duarte da Cunha for his dedication to leading the CCEE Secretariat and Fr Martin Michalíček for his readiness to serve the Church in Europe.
The Primate of Poland on the Solemnity of Our Lady of Czestochowa: Religious education at school protects against closure and isolation
Religious education at school, through the knowledge of God and its cultural and social character, opens the hearts and minds of pupils. It gives them a chance to live a life of hope, which overcomes the dangerous temptation of closing in on oneself and isolation – said Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the Primate of Poland, in his homily delivered during the Solemenity of Our Lady of Czestochowa at Jasna Gora.
Communiqué from the 400th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference
The formation of presbyters, the media coverage in the proclamation of the Gospel, the organisation of religious education in school, the project of the Commission of independent experts to investigate the phenomenon of sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church in Poland – these were the main topics of the 400th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held on 12-14 March in Warsaw.
Word of German and Polish Bishops on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II
Poland became the first victim of World War II suffering almost six years under occupation, which was accompanied by countless atrocities and destructive politics of extermination of the Polish nation, especially the Jewish population – reads the Word of German and Polish Bishops on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II entitled “Common memory is the source of inspiration for a common present and future”.
Spokesman of the Polish Bishop’s Conference of 2017: anniversaries of Marian apparitions, the “Rosary to the Borders” and a decree concerning Primate Wyszynski
Anniversaries of the apparitions in Fatima and Gietrzwald, preparations for the synod of bishops about youth, celebrations of the 600th anniversary of the primacy in Poland, “Rosary to the Borders”, assistance to the victims of storms and war in the Middle East and announcement of the decree recognising the heroic virtues of Primate Stefan Wyszynski are the most important events of 2017, emphasized the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Pawel Rytel-Andrianik.
The Presidium of the Polish Bishops' Conference on the Istanbul Convention: Marriage is a permanent union between a woman and a man
The Presidium of the Bishop’s Conference has issued a statement on the ongoing debate on “The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,” better known as the Istanbul Convention, which was adopted on 11
May 2011. In the statement, repeating the position of the Bishops of Central Europe, the Presidium calls for its rejection. At the same time, it supports the citizens’ initiative to replace it with the International Convention on the Rights of the Family.
India’s Church voices support for Kandhamal Christians
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has pledged the commitment and closeness of the Catholic Church of India to the Christians of the eastern state of Odisha who continue to suffer after facing untold violence over 7 years ago. Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, Archbishop Trivandrum, the president of the CBCI, the apex body of the Catholic Church in India, expressed this in a message to Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar whose jurisdiction covers Kandhamal district, which in 2008 witnessed perhaps the worst anti-Christian violence in the history of India. “I join in praying and thanking God for the blessings showered upon the Kandhamal Christian community. I want to assure my commitment and the unwavering support of the CBCI to the suffering brethren in Kandhamal,” Cardinal Cleemis wrote in his letter.
Pope to pray in private before Our Lady of Guadalupe
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is in Mexico on his 12th Apostolic Journey. He was welcomed there to an atmosphere of 'fiesta' on Friday night. On Saturday his schedule includes an encounter with civil society and the diplomatic corps, the bishops of Mexico, and Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
