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St. John Paul II and Archbishop Gądecki - the Fathers of the Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland
The informal patron of the dialogue with Judaism is St. Pope John Paul II. Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki is the second person in Poland who has great merits for continuing and developing this dialogue. He is the father of the Day of Judaism in Poland – said Archbishop Henryk Muszyński, Primate of Poland 2009-2010, receiving the “Menorah of Dialogue” award on January 15 in Poznań for bringing people, cultures, religions and nations closer to one another.
About 500 million PLN was donated by the Polish Church to refugees from Ukraine
Catholic and Greek Catholic parishes in Poland collected and provided Ukrainian refugees staying in Poland with financial and material aid worth at least 209 million PLN, monks and friars donated - 29 million PLN, and nuns donated- 4.3 million PLN. The value of the support provided through Caritas Polska and diocesan Caritas is 241.3 million PLN - according to data presented on Wednesday by the Institute of Statistics of the Catholic Church and Caritas Polska.
Spiritual Life and the Sacrament of Penance on the Path of Vocational Discernment
The spiritual life and the sacrament of penance are of great value in discerning a vocation. They are a call for people who discern and help to discern, so that they may be people of faith, emphasized Msgr. Marek Solarczyk, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Warsaw-Praga, summing up the assembly’s deliberations on Saturday, October 13th .
Holy Father Francis on Independence Day: I pray God that all Poles may make good use of unity and peace along with the gift of freedom
“Taking up the prayer of St. Pope John Paul II, a special witness of this century, I ask God to bestow the grace of faith, hope, and love on all Poles, so that they may make good use of unity and peace along with precious gift of freedom”— Holy Father Francis addressed these words to the Poles on the occasion of the 100thanniversary of Poland's regained independence. The letter was sent to the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki. It is intended for pastoral use on Sunday, November 11th.
Przewodniczący KEP: Trzeba sprowadzać do CCEE oraz do Europy styl synodalny
Trzeba uczyć się misji i jednocześnie sprowadzać do CCEE oraz do Europy styl synodalny, nie jeden przeciwko drugiemu, ale jeden z drugim – powiedział przewodniczący Konferencji Episkopatu Polski abp Stanisław Gądecki, który wziął udział w Zebraniu Plenarnym Rady Konferencji Episkopatów Europy (CCEE). Odbyło się ono w dniach 27-30 listopada br. w Valletcie, na Malcie, na zaproszenie arcybiskupa metropolity maltańskiego Charlesa Scicluny.
The election of Cardinal Wojtyła, Pope John Paul II, recalled by the former rector of the Polish College, where he was living
“The day after Cardinal Karol Wojtyła’s election as Pope John Paul II, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński asked him how he felt as Pope. John Paul II answered that he felt as if he had always been here. To that, cardinal Wyszynski replied that it was the grace of the state, a sign of God’s special grace,” says Archbishop Józef Michalik who, at that time, was the rector of the Polish College in Rome, from whence Cardinal Wojtyła, went to the conclave at which he was elected pope, 40 years ago, on 16 October 1978.
Cardinal Semeraro: In the witness and martyrdom of the Ulmas, we rediscover the greatness of the family
In the witness and martyrdom of the Ulmas and their children, we rediscover the greatness of the family, which is the place of life, love, and fertility," said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, in his homily at the Mass with the rite of beatification of the Ulma Family, held in Markowa in the Podkarpacie region on September 10.
