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Polish bishops on the Synod and current issues of the Church in Poland (communiqué following the debates)
The first Roman session of the Synod on synodality, a new pastoral program for the Church in Poland, protection of children and young people, as well as the conflict in the Holy Land were the main topics addressed at the 396th Plenary Session of the Polish Bishop’s Conference, held on 20-21 November 2023 in the Jasna Góra Shrine.
Communiqué from a Meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
The first session of the Synod on Synodality beginning in Rome at the end of September, the just concluded World Youth Day, and the upcoming beatification of the Ulma family are the principal questions addressed in the Communiqué from a Meeting of the Council of Diocesan Bishops of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, held at Jasna Góra on 25 August 2023.
#Zaduszki (All Souls) in Social Media – a New Initiative
“The memory of those have departed can be extended through an internet initiative. Using the hashtag #Zaduszki, twitter users can share photos of the graves and necropolises of the dead [as traditionally lit with candles] at this time of year. This is a new way of reminding our Social Media friends about the need to pray for the souls of the dead, hence the name of the action ‘#Zaduszki’” said spokesman of the Polish Bishops' Conference Father Paweł Rytel-Andrianik.
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.
Archbishop Ryś about Kerygma as the encounter with living Lord
Please, let me call Your attention just to one - but in my opinion crucial - a moment of our reflection based on the Instrumentum Laboris. In the point 173 we read: All accompaniment is a way to introduce the call to joy and can thus become the appropriate place to proclaim the good news of Easter and foster the encounter with the risen Christ: a kerygma that «expresses God’s saving love which precedes any moral and religious obligation on our part; it should not impose the truth but appeal to freedom; it should be marked by joy, encouragement, liveliness and a harmonious balance» (EG 165) - the last piece is a quotation of Evangelii gaudium.
Card. Semeraro: May the new Blesseds be powerful intercessors for this meritorious Nation
May the new Blesseds be powerful intercessors for this meritorious Nation, may they be a light for state and local authorities, and may support the Church in Poland in constant fidelity to Christ’s Gospel - said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in his homily during the beatification Mass of Card. Stefan Wyszynski and Mother Rose Czacka.
