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The Vatican and Polish Postal Services Issue a Stamp Commemorating the Centennial of John Paul II’s Birth and His Election as Pope
On Friday, October 16th of this year, the day of the 42nd anniversary of John Paul II’s election, Poczta Polska has issued, in cooperation with the Poste Vaticane, a stamp with the image of the Polish Pope. The centennial of his birth, which falls this year, is also celebrated in this way, the Press Office of Poczta Polska stated.
The project’s designer, Agnieszka Sobczyńska, presented the picture of Saint John Paul II with a halo on the stamp, over the background of a decorative element—a fragment of embroidery done by Sister Lucia dos Santos (a Portuguese nun, a witness of Mary’s apparitions in Fatima in 1917). The stamp’s tag bears, in its lower-left corner, the number 100 composed with the two keys of the papal coat of arms. Three graphic versions of the stamp are available: one shows Karol Wojtyła with his mother; another Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, the Primate of Poland, and Cardinal Karol Wojtyła; and the third, Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, says the Press Office of the Polish Post
President of the Polish Bishops' Conference expresses condolences following the death of Pope Senior Benedict XVI
Together with the whole Church in Poland, I thank the Lord God for the beautiful life and pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, trusting that they are already bringing a blessed harvest now and will bring a blessed harvest in the future," wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki in his condolences following the death of Pope Senior Benedict XVI.
Divine Mercy Sunday in Poland: the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy for an end of the epidemic
This Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of the Divine Mercy. I invite you to a special prayer on this day, at 3 p.m., with the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy for an end of the epidemic. In the social media we can publish our requests and thanks with the hashtag #DivineMercy – said the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik.
Statement of the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference on the Report on the losses suffered by Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation in 1939-1945
The Church's task is to remind people of the value of conversion, forgiveness and reconciliation. State institutions are called upon to decide on the practical forms of restoration of justice - wrote the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki in a Statement on the Report on losses suffered by Poland as a result of German aggression and occupation in 1939-1945.
