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The President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference met with the President of the German Bishops’ Conference
Unrest on the Polish-Belarusian border, challenges facing the Church in Poland and Germany, and the Synod of Bishops on synodality were the main topics of the meeting between the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki and the President of the German Bishops’ Conference Bishop Georg Bätzing, on 30 November in Poznan.
Bishop urges govt. to help Filipinos detained abroad
A Catholic Church leader of the Philippines is calling on the government to help free Filipinos detained abroad and get them home safely. "The time has come ease the suffering of these people. The government cannot abandon them,” said Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga, the president of the Commission for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). He has asked Manila to make every effort so that " their agony and their sorrow is not prolonged." His words came in the wake of the homecoming of Filipino worker, Joseph Urbiztondo, after 25 years in detention in Kuwait. He had managed to save his life paying the "blood money" to the family of a Bangladeshi he was accused of murdering though he denied it.
The Charity Work of the Church in Poland
The Catholic Church is the second biggest charity organisation in Poland, following only the state. There are over 800 charities running 5,000 different projects benefiting nearly 3 million people – individuals, families and social groups. At parish level support is offered to over 600 000 people annually.
UNHCR urges Europe to show more solidarity with refugees amid more EU border controls
(Vatican Radio) The United Nations refugee agency has urged several Central and Eastern European countries to show more compassion towards refugees. The UNHCR appeal comes ahead of an upcoming regional summit and revelations that European Union countries are to restrict passport-free travel for two years due to the refugee crisis.
13–15 October: 402nd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in Gdańsk
The Church’s position on migration, the status of work on establishing a Commission of independent experts, and issues related to Religious Education in schools and parish catechesis will be the main topics of the 402nd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, which will be held in Gdańsk from 13 to 15 October this year.
Komunikat z 377. Zebrania Plenarnego Episkopatu: formacja i edukacja młodzieży w centrum duszpasterstwa
Zaangażowanie duszpasterzy i licznych środowisk młodzieżowych w życie Kościoła budzi nadzieję – piszą biskupi w komunikacie z 377. Zebrania Plenarnego Konferencji Episkopatu Polski. Oprócz formacji młodzieży tematami obrad była m.in. działalność Caritas Polska, kwestia migrantów i uchodźców, w tym emigrantów z Ukrainy oraz rola kultury w ewangelizacji.
Meeting of the representatives of the episcopal conferences of Central and Eastern Europe
The representatives of the Episcopates of Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Ukraine, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the International Conference of the St. Cyril and Methodius, together with the CCEE Presidency, gathered in Bratislava on September 6 and 7, 2018. The participants in the meeting, in presence of the Apostolic Nuncio in Slovakia, celebrated the Holy Mass in the Cathedral of Saint Martin, presided by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, President of the CCEE.
