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Communiqué from the 395th Assembly of the Polish Bishops’ Conference
Preparations for the session of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, the new pastoral program of the Church in Poland, the 37th World Youth Day, the conflict in Ukraine, and the 80th anniversary of the tragic events in Volhynia were the main topics of the 395th Plenary Assembly of the Polish Bishops' Conference, held on June 12-14 in Lidzbark Warmiński.
The President of the Episcopate: Next July 25th: A Day of Solidarity with the Victims of the Storms in Europe
“I ask that Sunday next July 25th be a day dedicated in the Church in Poland to solidarity with the victims of floods and storms in Europe,” wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, in the Call for a day of solidarity with the victims of the storms in Poland, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Spokesman of the Episcopate: Every fifth diocesan priest in Poland murdered during World War II
Every fifth diocesan priest was murdered in Poland occupied by the Germans and Russians. Four Polish bishops were killed in the concentration camps, and nearly half of the Roman Catholic dioceses were deprived of diocesan bishops. It was also a war with religion – said the spokesman of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Fr. Paweł Rytel-Andrianik, on the 79th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.
The first Friday of Lent marks in the Church in Poland a Day of Prayer for the sexually abused
The first Friday of Lent marks in the Church in Poland a Day of Prayer and Penance for the sins of sexual abuse of minors. This initiative of the Polish Bishops’ Conference is a response to the Holy Father’s appeal encouraging the whole community of the People of God to pray and to fast in order to awaken our consciences.
Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś after the Synod: At the heart of synodality is the experience of faith
At the heart of synodality, as at the heart of the Church, is the experience of faith, that is, of encountering Jesus Christ risen from the dead and living – said Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Metropolitan of Lodz, during a press conference after the conclusion of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, held on Sunday 27 October at the Polish Church of St Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr in Rome.
Secretary General of the Polish Episcopate: Today too ourbrothers and sisters are persecuted for their faith
These days of solidarity also aim to - in addition to the help provided to specific Churches - bring us closer to the truth about the Church of Jesus Christ and our faithful brothers and sisters who today experience persecution, suffering or marginalization in their lives for being Christ’s disciples - said bishop Artur G. Miziński, secretary general of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, during a press conference before the 11th Day of Solidarity with the Persecuted Church, organized by the Polish section of the Aid to the Church in Need and with the support of the Polish Episcopate. This year’s Day of Solidarity will take place on November 10.
