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Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: 2018 will be dedicated to the youth, homeland and families
The synod of bishops dedicated to the youth, celebration of the 100th anniversary of Poland’s independence, further development of the pastoral care of families and prayer for the prompt beatification of cardinal Stefan Wyszynski - these are the main challenges of the Church in Poland in the beginning of 2018, emphasizes the spokesman of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Fr. Pawel Rytel-Andrianik.
Presidency of the Polish Bishops’ Conference: There can be no place for killing disabled and sick children!
“Both believers and non-believers are called to protect life from its conception to natural death. There can be no place for killing other people, especially disabled and sick children! This is not only a matter of worldview or religion but above all of science which unambiguously shows that human life begins at the moment of conception.” We read this in the Message of the Presidency of the Polish Bishops’ Conference—entitled “Love; Do Not Kill!”—for this year’s Feast of the Holy Family, on Sunday, December 31st.
Polish Bishops’ Conference Presidium: Instead of Abortion – Adoption of Children; Everyone has the right to life.
“If parents decide not to bring up a child, they can always pass the child up for adoption, especially when so many families are ready to care for them. Killing children should never take place. Instead of Abortion – Adoption!” writes the Presidium of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in an appeal concerning the protection of the right to life from the moment of conception till natural death.
Archbishop Henryk Hoser: We should not be worried about Medjugorje!
“If Marian devotion has flourished in Medjugorje, if such multitudes arrive there, it is therefore a place where veneration will continue, since Our Lady can be venerated everywhere, especially in those locations where this veneration is so fruitful, as we hear it has been from so many testimonies.”
The Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
The pastoral care of married couples and families and help to victims of war in the Middle East were the main topics addressed at the 375th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. Furthermore, the Bishops urge all parties involved in political and social life to show mutual respect and to work toward reconciliation, unity, and peace. They ask all the Poles to pray for their homeland.
Primate of Poland: We Are Prolonging the Joy of the May Solemnity of Our Lady, Queen of Poland
Poland's Primate, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, presided over today's celebrations of the Solemnity of Our Lady of Czestochowa at Jasna Gora. In his homily, the Primate noted that, with this celebration, we are, in a certain way, prolonging the joy of May's Solemnity of Our Lady, Queen of Poland, when, on the occasion of the 1050th anniversary of Poland's Baptism, we renewed our consecration to the Mother of the Redeemer.
