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Meeting of the Council for the Family of the Polish Bishops' Conference
The issues of marriage and family ought to be even more present in the pastoral care - said Bishop Wiesław Śmigiel, the chairman of the Council for the Family of the Polish Bishops' Conference. Its meeting took place on Friday, 21 January, in Warsaw. The main topics included preparation for the closing of the Year "Amoris Laetitia Family" and accompanying persons in unregulated situations.
January 17th – The Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland
We not only want to celebrate but also we are also intent on showing the deep relations that exist between the Catholic Church and Judaism - said Bishop Rafał Markowski, chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, during a meeting announcing the 25th jubilee celebration of the Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland. This year the day’s national celebrations will be held in Poznan.
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.
Message from the Head of the Office of the PBC's Delegate for the Protection of Children and Youth
On Friday, August 13th, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, the Polish Episcopal Delegate for the Protection of Children and Young People, transmitted to the State Commission for Pedophilia the results of the analysis of the statistical data gathered in the context of the two searches conducted, as well as the report forms which were used to gather this data.
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.
The President of the Bishops’ Conference: We Need to Revive the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
“This act is a renewal of gratitude for what happened at that time, and today for the gift of freedom and the changes that have taken place in our homeland,” said the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, during a press conference on the sidelines of the centennial of Poland’s consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
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.
Poland: Day of prayer and penance for sexual abuse of minors
Victims of abuse can count on the fact that in the long and difficult path of recovery they will also be supported by the entire ecclesial community - said Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, President of the Polish Bishops' Conference on the occasion of the Day of Prayer and Penance for Abuses sexual on minors.
