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Plenary meeting of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
Protection of children and young people as well as the pastoral agenda for the years 2019/2020 were the principal topics of the plenary meeting of the Polish Bishops’ Conference. The bishops convened in Wałbrzych, Diocese of Świdnica, on June 13-14, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the diocese. Metropolitan Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was a guest of the meeting. He conducted a study day and shared his experience.
Metropolitan Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta, adjunct secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was invited by the Polish Bishops’ Conference last year to share his expertise on the protection of children and young people against sexual abuse by the clergy. Apart from the meeting with Archbishop Scicluna, the bishops heard a report of Primate of Poland, Archbishop Wojciech Polak, e.g. on the system of prevention and assistance to victims of abuse. Moreover, Fr. Prof. Piotr Majer discussed t
Best wishes of the President of the Polish Episcopate for Jews on the occasion of Passover
“Passover is a celebration of freedom and hope. In this time of pandemic, we also need hope for deliverance from the danger of death. This hope can ultimately be given to us by the merciful God Himself; so much about his mercy is told in the Paschal Hagadah” – wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference in a letter to the Jewish community, sent to Michael Schudrich, the Chief Rabbi of Poland, on the occasion of Passover.
The Episcopate’s President Entrusted the Nation and the Church in Poland to St. Joseph
In front of the miraculous image of St. Joseph in the National Sanctuary of St. Joseph in Kalisz the President of the Polish Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, made the Act of Entrustment of the Nation and the Church in Poland to St. Joseph. The Act is an expression of faith in the protection of St. Joseph, a request for his help, and a commitment to live in accordance with the will of God.
President of the Polish Episcopate: Thanks to St John Paul II, many have found their way to Christ
We want to express our deep gratitude for so much good that the Pope has brought into our community, into the life of the whole world. Thanks to him, many have found the way to Christ and have opened up to others – stressed the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC on the 20th anniversary of the passing of St John Paul II to the House of the Father.
Three years of war in Ukraine: the Catholic Church's assistance to the affected and refugees
The various types of assistance provided for three years to Ukrainians suffering as a result of the war was the subject of a press conference held on 13 February at the Secretariat of the Polish Bishops' Conference in Warsaw. Representatives of Caritas Poland, Caritas-SPES Ukraine, the Office of the Team for Aid to the Church in the East, the Order of Malta and the Knights of Columbus participated in the conference.
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.
