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Poland: Community with the Victims
Community with the victims - with this motto, the Church in Poland will celebrate the Day of Prayer and Atonement for the Sin of Sexual Abuse of Minors on the first Friday of Lent -February 19th, 2021. “People hurt in this way have the right to count on the fact that they will not lack the spiritual support of the entire ecclesial community on the long and difficult road to recovery,” as Msgr. Wojciech Polak, the Polish Bishops' Conference Delegate for the Protection of Children and Youth, emphasises.
Conference on the Protection of Minors in the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe – Summary
The effective protection of minors requires the cooperation of all who form the Church –emphasized during the international conference “Our Common Mission of Safeguarding God's Children,” which concluded today in Warsaw. During the four-day meeting, Church delegates from 20 Central and Eastern European countries listened to lectures and discussed in groups the spiritual, theological, legal, and pastoral aspects of the crisis of sexual abuse of minors by priests.
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco elected new President of CCEE Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Vice-Presidents
Principality of Monaco – This morning, the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences, members by right of CCEE (the Council of European Episcopal Conferences) elected the new CCEE Presidency for the five-year mandate 2016-2021. Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa and President of the Italian Bishops’ Conference (former CCEE Vice President for the five years’ period 2011-2016), was elected as President, and to the roles of Vice-presidents were elected Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, and His Grace Mgr Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań and President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. The Plenary Assembly thanked the newly-elected Vice-presidents for their willingness and wished them a period of profitable work in the service of evangelization and the Church in Europe, At the same time, the participants thanked the members of the outgoing Presidency for the work they have undertaken for the good of the Ch
The President of the Polish Episcopate: There must be no compromise in the discussion on human life
"Talking about the so-called legal compromise on the protection of life is a falsification of reality, since by doing so, the most important 'third party' in the dispute, namely unborn children and their inalienable right to life are left out" - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, in his statement in the context of the European Parliament resolution on abortion in Poland.
Bishops in a letter for the centenary of John Paul II’s birth: Today he would tell us – “Do not be afraid”
In this difficult time for us all - when we struggle with the coronavirus pandemic and question the future of our families and society - it is worth asking what he would he say to us today? What message would speak to us his countrymen in May 2020? First come to our minds these words which he spoke to us in the homily inaugurating his pontificate. “Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ” - emphasizes the Praesidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in a letter on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Paul II.
Polish Bishops: the need for service to marriage and the family as well as people in non-sacramental relationships
The Polish Bishops’ Conference on 379th Plenary Meeting, on June 8, adopted the „Pastoral Guidelines for the Exhortation Amoris Laetitia”. Bishops emphasize the need to serve the engaged, spouses and families as well as people living in irregular relationships according to the pastoral criteria proposed by Pope Francis: acceptance, accompaniment, discernment and integration. The document does not address the issue of holy communion for people living in non-sacramental relationships.
The Polish Bishops in their Letter for the Beatification of Cardinal Wyszyński and Mother Czacka: They Were United by Holiness
May the servants of God Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Mother Elisabeth Czacka help us to read their prophetic intuitions when addressing the current pastoral challenges of Christ’s Church in Poland - wrote the Polish Bishops in a Letter on the occasion of the beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski and Mother Elisabeth Rosa Czacka, which will be read in the churches on Sunday, September 5th.
The Jubilee Act of Acceptance of Jesus Christ as King and Lord
The Jubilee Act of the Reception of Christ as King and Lord was solemnly recited on 19 November 2016 in the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy and, on the following day, in all Polish parishes this act of faith, confirming the choice of Christ and sealing with Him the baptismal covenant, was repeated. This act is recognition of His dominion over the entire world and submission to His law.
