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Polish Bishops on Education Week: Religious Education in school is the right of students and parents
Religious Education in school is the constitutional right of students and parents – emphasized Polish bishops in a letter for the 15th Education Week, opposing decisions limiting religion classes. ‘It is impossible to live maturely without the formation of the heart and conscience,’ they wrote. The letter will be read in churches on 7 September.
6 September, 11:00 a.m.: Beatification of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich in Tallinn
On Saturday, 6 September, at 11:00 a.m., a Holy Mass will be celebrated at Freedom Square (Vabaduse väljak) in Tallinn, with the beatification ceremony of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich SJ (1890–1942). The beatification ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, the envoy of Pope Leo XIV.
Secretaries General of the European Bishops' Conferences met in Istanbul
From 15 to 18 June 2025, in Istanbul, the general secretaries of the bishops' conferences of 29 European countries gathered for their annual meeting on the theme "The Reform of the Ecclesiastical Structures in a Missionary and Synodal Perspective". Special moments of the meeting were also a visit to Nicaea and a meeting with His Holiness the Patriarch Bartholomew I in Fanar.
President of the Polish Bishops' Conference congratulated Holy Father Leo XIV on his election to the See of Peter
May God, the Good Shepherd, grant Pope Leo XIV the necessary graces to lead God's Church – wrote the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda SAC in his congratulations following the election of Pope Leo XIV. On 8 May 2025, Cardinal Robert Prevost OSA was elected the 267th Pope.
Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors will attend the meeting of representatives of the protection system in Poland (announcement)
Summarizing past activities, strengthening cooperation and setting directions for further development, and building a culture of accountability and transparency – these are the main goals of a joint training session of all groups of the Church’s protection system in Poland starting next week, which will be attended by Bishop Luis Manuel Alí Herrera, Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
A meeting of representatives of the Polish Bishops' Conference with the Diplomatic Corps was held at the Secretariat of the Polish Episcopate in Warsaw
Issues related to the religious education in public schools, the Church Fund, pastoral affairs of the Church in Poland – these were the main topics of the meeting between representatives of the Polish Bishops' Conference and the Diplomatic Corps, which took place on April 8 at the Secretariat of the Polish Episcopate in Warsaw. The theme of the meeting was: “The structure, challenges and relations with civil authorities of the Catholic Church in Poland”.
European Churches meet with Minister for EU Affairs Adam Szłapka
A delegation from the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Conference of European Churches (CEC) met with H.E. Mr Adam Szłapka, Polish Minister for European Union Affairs, in Warsaw. The meeting took place on Monday, 7 April 2025, in the context of Poland's ongoing Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
