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Holy See: Response to Zika virus should not be "panic"
(Vatican Radio) The Holy See said on Tuesday the international community should respond to the Zika virus with “due vigilance,” but the “way forward should not be dictated by panic,” and condemned recent statements by some UN officials calling for countries to liberalize abortion laws in response to the virus.
Communication of the 382nd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference
Statistical data concerning abuse of minors by some clerics, family values and celebration of Sunday, protection of human life and the issue of attempts to interfere in the organization of religion classes at school - were the topics of the 382nd Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, which ended on March 14 in Warsaw. In addition to the Communication summarizing the Assembly, the bishops issued two positions: on the celebration of Sunday and on the so-called LGBT-Carta.
Position of the Presidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference “The Young Person Deserves More”
“With concern arising from our care for the younger generations, we are observing the actions of the Ministry of National Education,” write the members of the Presidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in their Position “The Young Person Deserves More.” The bishops call for the immediate restoration of the proper place of religious education in schools and express their concern and apprehension regarding the Ministry of National Education’s decision to make the subject “Health Education” compulsory as of September 1 this year.
Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: 20% of Poland’s Priests Were Murdered During World War
20 percent of Poland’s diocesan priests were murdered during World War II—that is, every fifth diocesan priest lost his life during the German Nazi occupation, recalls the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference of the Polish Episcopate, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik on the Day commemorating the Martyrdom of the Polish Clergy. At the initiative of the Polish Bishops’ Conference this day is celebrated on 29 April, the anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Dachau, where many Polish priests were killed.
