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The Secretary General of the Polish Bishops’ Conference met with representatives of the Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
On Thursday, March 19 this year, the Secretary General of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Marek Marczak, met with Bishop Gerald L. Vincke, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Jennifer Healy, National Director of the Office of Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the USCCB.
Conference on the Protection of Minors in the Churches of Central and Eastern Europe – Day 1 (19.09.2021)
In his video message, Pope Francis encouraged the participants of the conference on the protection of minors in the Church of Central and Eastern Europe, which began on Sunday, September 19 in Warsaw, to listen to the cries of persons who experienced sexual abuse. The Holy Father urged that “the good of the victims not be relegated to the background out of an ill-conceived concern for the image of the Church as an institution.”
Archbishop Górzyński, Bishop Oder and Bishop Grzybowski – delegates of the Polish Bishops' Conference to the October's Synod Assembly in Rome
Archbishop Józef Górzyński, Metropolitan of Warmia, Bishop Sławomir Oder, Bishop of Gliwice, and Bishop Jacek Grzybowski, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Warsaw-Praga were appointed as delegates of the Polish Bishops' Conference to the October's Synod Assembly in Rome. In addition, Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Metropolitan of Łódź, will participate in the deliberations by papal appointment. Prof. Aleksander Bańka will be one of the lay representatives of Europe and Cardinal Konrad Krajewski will participate in the Synod as Prefect of the Dicastery for Mercy.
Spokesman of the Polish Episcopate: #ThankYouJohnPaul2 campaign conquers the Internet
Under the hashtag #ThankYouJohnPaul2, one can read in social media thousands of thanks to St. John Paul II, which have been coming from all over the world for several days. #ThankYouJohnPaul2 campaign conquers the Internet and shows that the memory of the Pope from Poland and his message is still alive – stressed the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik.
Contact group of the Episcopates of Poland and Germany met in Augsburg
The annual meeting of the contact group of the Bishops' Conferences of Poland and Germany took place on April 25-27. Bertram Maier, bishop of the Augsburg diocese, hosted the meeting. This year, the Augsburg diocese is celebrating the 1100th anniversary of the bishop ordination of St. Ulric, the Patron Saint of the diocese, and the 1050th of his death. The jubilee is celebrated under the motto: Hear with the heart.
