Polish church backs new war reparations, but stresses reconciliation
The Polish bishops’ conference has cautiously endorsed new government demands for $1.29 trillion in reparations from Germany for damage during World War II.
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by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Germany, News, Poland, Polish bishops, World War II | 0 |
The Polish bishops’ conference has cautiously endorsed new government demands for $1.29 trillion in reparations from Germany for damage during World War II.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 10, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, News, Poland, Polish bishops | 0 |
A Polish Catholic official defended the church’s record in tackling sexual abuse by priests, after the head of the State Commission on Pedophilia complained it was refused access to clerical files.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 24, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, Europe, News, Polish bishops, Rome, Russia, U.S. & World News, Utopian | 0 |
The president of the Polish bishops’ conference criticized the Vatican’s “naive and utopian” attitude to the war in Ukraine and urged Rome to show “greater maturity” in attitudes toward Russia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2022 | Bishop Bätzing, Featured, German bishops' conference, German Church, German synodal path, News, North America, Polish bishops, Pope Francis, synodal path, U.S. & World News | 0 |
In an open letter, 74 bishops from North America, Africa, Italy and Australia have expressed their “growing concern” about the German Synodal Path process and content, warning about its “potential for schism.” Joining recent letters of concern by the Nordic and Polish bishops, the “fraternal open letter to our brother bishops in Germany” said “the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 29, 2022 | Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, Associated Press, Church in Europe, lead, News, Orthodox Church, Patriarch Bartholomew, Poland, Polish bishops, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
The spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians on Tuesday denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an “atrocious” act that is causing enormous suffering.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 28, 2022 | Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, migrants and refugees, News, Poland, Polish bishops, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan told Pope Francis that the Catholic Church in Poland is continuing its efforts to assist the countless refugees from Ukraine fleeing Russia’s destructive war in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 7, 2022 | Church in Europe, lead, migrants and refugees, News, Poland, Polish bishops, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Poland has a million refugees in its territory and not a single refugee camp.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 28, 2022 | Caritas, Church in Europe, Dominicans, Knights of Columbus, lead, News, Poland, Polish bishops, Refugees, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Polish Catholic organizations are doing all they can to help people fleeing the war in Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 14, 2022 | Church in Europe, clerical sexual abuse, lead, News, Poland, Polish bishops | 0 |
A Catholic diocese in Poland has drawn criticism for asking an abuse survivor if he was gay in a legal response to his lawsuit.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 23, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Holocaust, Nazis, News, Poland, Polish bishops, saints and martyrs, World War II | 0 |
A young Catholic priest has been beatified as a martyr in Poland, nearly eight decades after he was guillotined by wartime Nazi occupiers for clandestine charity work.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2021 | Anti-semitism, Associated Press, Church in Europe, News, Poland, Polish bishops | 0 |
Israeli and Polish government officials on Saturday condemned an antisemitic incident involving Polish nationalists chanting “Death to Jews” on Poland’s Independence Day this week.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2021 | Belarus, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, immigrants and refugees, Military chaplains, News, Poland, Polish bishops | 0 |
Poland’s military archbishop urged security forces to prevent the illegal entry of refugees and migrants, as the country’s bishops’ conference announced a nationwide collection to help those amassing on the frontier with Belarus.
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