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Annual meeting on interreligious dialogue
(VIS) The annual meeting between the officials of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (PCID) and the staff of the Office for Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation (IRDC) of the World Council of Churches (WCC), took place from 3 to 4 February in Geneva, Switzerland. Appropriately this was during Interfaith Harmony Week.
Cebu gearing up for IEC 2016 grand finale
Cardinal Charles Bo Myanmar is expected to see the largest gathering of the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) when he celebrates the concluding open-air Mass on Sunday at the South Road Properties in the central Philippine city of Cebu. More than 1.5 million people are expected for the so-called Statio Orbis Mass, along with more than 15,000 cardinals, bishops, priests, the religious and official delegates from at least 75 nations around the world who attended the Jan 24-31 event. Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara of Pasig, who heads the IEC’s communications committee, hinted they could be surprised by an unexpected closing message by Pope Francis. Anticipating a mammoth of crowd, the SRP area will be opened to the public as early in the morning. At least 200 parking lots for buses ferrying parishioners along a 1.4-kilometer stretch is in place, besides another 100 roadside slots.
„Christmas Eve Without Borders” - a way of building relations between the nations
„Christmas Eve Without Borders" („Wigilia Bez Granic”) – Zaraz Będę families invite through the website to their homes on the Christmas Eve - on 24th December - supper foreigners living in Poland, so that they can learn about beautiful Polish traditions and not to have to spend this most family holidays alone.
Message of the Chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish Bishops’ Conference for the XXV Day of Judaism
May the small 25th jubilee of the celebration of the Day of Judaism in Poland not become a reason for us to boast. Rather, let us treat this anniversary as an occasion for a two-fold reflection - wrote Bishop Rafał Markowski, Chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism Polish Bishops’ Conference, in his Message for the XXV Day of Judaism.
Auschwitz: Eucharist for former prisoners with the participation of the Presidential Couple
The truth about what happened behind the wires of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau should not divide us in any way. Let us make an effort to build unity wherever we are” - said Bishop Piotr Greger, auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Bielsko-Żywiec, in the homily of the Holy Mass celebrated at the Center for Dialogue and Prayer in Oświęcim, on the eve of the official celebration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
President of the Polish Bishops' Conference extends condolences on the death of Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II was a symbol of the unity of the United Kingdom and a symbol of those values on which Europe was founded. Her love for the nation, love for family, dedication, sense of duty, prudence, wisdom, experience, and spirit of service can stand as a model not only for representatives of the modern political class but for each of us,” wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki in his condolences on the death of Elizabeth II, which were conveyed to Cardinal Vincent Gerard Nichols, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.
