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Caritas Polska Turns 30 – It Started with Three People
Caritas Polska is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Caritas began with three people working on the top floor of the seat of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. Today, it is the largest charity organization in Poland and its aid programs for approx. 3 million people are run by over 100,000 volunteers.
Bishop Markowski on the 80th anniversary of the transport of Jews to Treblinka: Never again hatred, killing, hostility and contempt
Never again hatred, killing, hostility and contempt for others. The path of peace, brotherhood and solidarity is possible. Every day each of us makes choices that affect our neighbors and our surroundings. Let us choose the good so that we may live in peace," Bishop Rafal Markowski, the Chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish Bishops' Conference, wrote in his communiqué on the 80th anniversary of the first transport of Jews to the German Nazi Death Camp in Treblinka.
2-10 June: Millions of Poles will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland
Millions of Poles will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first pilgrimage of John Paul II to Poland on 2-10 June. All Polish dioceses, as well as public institutions, have prepared numerous events. The speech of Pope Wojtyła to the General Council of the Polish Bishops’ Conference at Jasna Góra from 1979, hitherto unknown, will also be published.
18-19 November, Wrocław: Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops
The main celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Letter of Reconciliation of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops will take place on 18 and 19 November in Wrocław. They will be attended by members of the Polish and German episcopates, the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland and representatives of the authorities of both countries concerned by the Letter of reconciliation.
Polish and German bishops in Wrocław: Reconciliation is not the past, but the future
Reconciliation is not the past, but the future – this is the message reiterated by representatives of the Polish and German Episcopates during a ceremony at the monument to Cardinal Bolesław Kominek in Wrocław on November 18, 2025, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Polish bishops’ Letter of reconciliation to the German bishops.
Cardinal Semeraro: In the Ulma Family we find the traces of Christ's Way of the Cross
The family of Józef and Wiktoria showed the power of love, much greater than the power of death – said Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, during the Holy Mass celebrated in the Church of St Dorothy in Markowa, on the 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Blessed Ulma Family.
Poland: It was a year of important jubilees and decisions of the Episcopate
Announcement of the beatification of Cardinal Wyszyński, decisions to increase the protection of children and youth, the 100th anniversary of the Polish Bishops’ Conference and the restoration of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and the Republic of Poland - these are the most important events that took place in the Church in Poland in 2019.
Archbishop Gądecki for the 75th anniversary of Dachau concentration camp liberation: It is a day of memory and prayer for peace and reconciliation
Let us remember in our prayers of those who have experienced suffering. May it be an expression of our memory, honour and solidarity towards the martyrs and a prayer to God for peace and reconciliation for all - said the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, which is celebrated in Poland as the Day of Martyrdom of the Polish Clergy during World War II.
