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We have been waiting for this moment for 225 years - Independence Day and the First Holy Mass Celebrated in the Temple of Divine Providence
“We have been waiting for this moment for 225 years,” emphasized the Metropolitan of Warsaw, Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz, at the beginning of the first Mass celebrated in the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw’s District of Wilanow. On November 11th, Poland’s Independence Day, this church, under construction by the Poles since the adoption of the Constitution in 1791, was opened to the faithful. The work on this edifice—intended to be an ex-voto—was impeded first by the partition of Poland, then by World War II and the communist government.
Celebrations in Poznan of the 1050th anniversary of the first bishopric in Poland
The jubilee celebrations were held on 22-24 June under the motto “Poznan. Christ and us”. They were presided over by the papal legate Cardinal Dominik Duka, Archbishop of Prague and Primate of the Czech Republic. The culminating moment of the three-day celebrations was the Eucharist, on June 23, on the square in front of the Poznan Cathedral, during which the message of Pope Francis was read. Several dozen bishops participated in it, including Apostolic Nuncio to Poland Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski and Archbishop Wojciech Polak.
100 years ago Karol Wojtyła received the sacrament of baptism
100 years ago, on 20 June 2020, Karol Wojtyła, the future Pope John Paul II, received the sacrament of baptism at the baptismal font in the Chapel of the Holy Family in the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wadowice. “The day of baptism should be celebrated no less than the day of birth” – he said as Pope.
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.
Archbishop Guzdek: Pope Francis preaches the full revealed truth with the courage of a prophet.
Pope Francis takes care of the Church who is not afraid of the time at hand and who wants to fulfil the mission of preaching the Good News, said Archbishop Józef Guzdek, Metropolitan of Białystok, in a homily during the Holy Mass in the Divine Providence Shrine in Warsaw. The celebration was officiated by Archbishop Salvatore Pennacchio, the Apostolic Nuncio to Poland, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate. The co-celebrants included the bishops gathered at the 394th Plenary Meeting of the Polish Bishops’ Conference.
