Catholic Church in Poland
‘Blessed fr Jerzy Popieluszko’
Fr Sylwester Lacki, CSMA
New album of the Publishing House ‘Michalineum’ and Grzegorz Galazka »
Well, Poland, we have a Blessed!
Katarzyna Woynarowska
‘Recently, some journalist asked me why we need Fr Jerzy Popieluszko’s beatification. And whether the Church made a research on how many people wanted that beatification. »
We welcome the new Primate of Poland
Fr Ireneusz Skubis
The news that the Holy Father Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk the new Metropolitan of Gniezno and at the same time the Primate of Poland spread over Poland like wildfire. »
Charismatic chaplain for the Polish community
Urszula Buglewicz
The auxiliary bishop of Lublin Ryszard Karpinski was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland for ‘outstanding merits in pastoral service and promotion of national values among the Polish immigrants.’ »
A firm stand to defend the cross
Joanna Szczerbinska
During the pontificate of John Paul II we had the chance to see an immediate reaction of the Publishing House ‘Bialy Kruk’ to important events in the Church. »
Fr Ignacy Rekawek, custodian of the Jasna Gora Shrine and Fr Stanislaw Tomon, Jasna Gora Press Office.
About 3,500,000 pilgrims came to the Jasna Gora Shrine in the year 2009. – 167 national pilgrimages gathered 867,298 people. »
Polish bishops defend the cross
Fr Mariusz Frukacz
The stand of the Church in Poland concerning the verdict of the European Court in Strasburg on the removal of crucifixes, the issue of propedeutic period in Polish major seminaries. »
Fragments of the pastoral letter of Archbishop Jozef Michalik for the Year for Priests - 2009/2010
Benedict XVI proclaimed a Year for Priests in June 2009. It is worth asking what the Pope meant by launching this initiative. »
Agnieszka Raczynska-Lorek
On Christmas Eve we light a Caritas candle as a symbol of our unity with those in need. When we light it we offer others some part of our hearts and warmth. »
Polish senators defend the crucifix
The declaration of the senators of Right and Justice directed to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Mr. Donald Tusk concerning the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg on the presence of crucifixes in public places. »
Fr Florian
We reached Sokolka in the evening. It is a neat town of 20,000 people, located in the north-east from Bialystok, 16 km from the border with Belarus. There was a Mass celebrated in the crowded church. »
Ewa Oset
The idea of the peregrination of the Picture of Our Lady of Czestochowa was conceived in 1956 as the effect of the Jasna Gora Vows. »
In honour of Blessed Celina Borzecka
Sr. Anna Helena Skalik, CR
The celebrations venerating Blessed Celina Borzecka, the founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection, lasted three days. They began in the Church of St Margaret and St Catherine in Kety on 25 October 2009. »
The highest distinction for Fr Popieluszko
Artur Stelmasiak
On the 25th anniversary of Fr Jerzy Popieluszko’s death several dozen thousand people from all over Poland prayed at his grave in the district of Zoliborz in Warsaw. During the main celebrations Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski awarded posthumously the murdered Chaplain of Solidarity the highest state distinction: the Order of the White Eagle. »
Congratulations, Reverend Doctor!
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On Thursday, 8 October 2009, there was a public defence of the doctoral dissertation of Fr Tadeusz Rydzyk at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University. »