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A meeting of representatives of the Polish Bishops' Conference with the Diplomatic Corps was held at the Secretariat of the Polish Episcopate in Warsaw
Issues related to the religious education in public schools, the Church Fund, pastoral affairs of the Church in Poland – these were the main topics of the meeting between representatives of the Polish Bishops' Conference and the Diplomatic Corps, which took place on April 8 at the Secretariat of the Polish Episcopate in Warsaw. The theme of the meeting was: “The structure, challenges and relations with civil authorities of the Catholic Church in Poland”.
Bishop Markowski: Today we want to pay tribute to all the Victims of the Holocaust
Today we want to pay tribute to all the victims of the Holocaust. We keep the memory of their tragic fate, firmly believing that God is the God of Life, and man lives forever in God - wrote Bishop Rafał Markowski, chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish Bishops' Conference, in a message on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
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.
Polish Bishops for the new school year 2024/2025: Dear Pupils, we encourage you to take part in Religious Edaction at school
Dear Pupils, we encourage you to take part in Religious Education at school. Take advantage of this opportunity to get to know God more deeply. If necessary, make an effort to overcome any difficulties that arise. By choosing Religious Education, you give a beautiful testimony of your faith – wrote Polish bishops in the Message of the Polish Bishops’ Conference on the occasion of the beginning of the new school year 2024/2025.
Poland: Community with the Victims
Community with the victims - with this motto, the Church in Poland will celebrate the Day of Prayer and Atonement for the Sin of Sexual Abuse of Minors on the first Friday of Lent -February 19th, 2021. “People hurt in this way have the right to count on the fact that they will not lack the spiritual support of the entire ecclesial community on the long and difficult road to recovery,” as Msgr. Wojciech Polak, the Polish Bishops' Conference Delegate for the Protection of Children and Youth, emphasises.
The Week in Summary (September 29-October 5)
The week began with a press conference organized by the “Work of the New Millennium” Foundation during which the 19th Pope’s Day was presented. It will take place on Sunday, October 13, under the motto: “Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way”. “The uniqueness of this year’s Pope’s Day lies in the fact that we celebrate 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” – said card. Kazimierz Nycz, metropolitan of Warsaw.
Letter of the President of the Bishops’ Conference to Kirill: “War is always a defeat for humanity”
“I ask you, Brother, to appeal to Vladimir Putin to stop the senseless warfare against the Ukrainian people, in which innocent people are being killed and suffering is affecting not only soldiers but civilians as well—especially women and children,” wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in a letter sent to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill on March 2nd.
Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate on key Church events in 2024
The second plenary session of the Synod on Synodality, the new Presidium of the Polish Bishops‘ Conference, the Year of Prayer in preparation for the Jubilee 2025, the response of the Church side to the actions of the Ministry of National Education concerning the change in the organisation of religious education at school – these are the main Church events of the year 2024, which is summarised by the Spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr Leszek Gęsiak SJ.
