Pope Francis accepts resignation of Polish bishop accused of cover-up

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Jan Tyrawa of Bydgoszcz, the latest bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse by clergy. The bishops’ conference said the Vatican had “conducted proceedings on reported negligence” in line with the pontiff’s May 2019 motu proprio, “Vos estis lux mundi,” and had also taken account of “other difficulties” facing Bishop Tyrawa. Poland’s Catholic Wiez bimonthly said on... Read More

News – Vatican

accepts, accused, Bishop, Bishop Jan Tyrawa, Bishop Tyrawa, cover-up, Polish, Pope, Pope Francis, resignation

May 3, 2021

Theologian: Polish cardinal’s beatification reminder of tests of communism

Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, scheduled to be beatified on 12th September, was ready to seek agreements in a Christian spirit, but also firmly believed “certain boundaries could not be crossed,” said a leading theologian and political scientist. Fr Piotr Mazurkiewicz, former secretary-general of the Brussels-based Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union, COMECE, told Catholic... Read More

News – World

beatification, Cardinal, communism, Polish, reminder, tests, theologian

April 6, 2021

Police ‘brutally exceeded powers’ shutting down Good Friday service, says church

Police halted a Good Friday service after a complaint that pandemic regulations were not being met, leading the parish priest to complain that officers had ‘brutally exceeded their powers’. Footage from a video of the service at Christ the King Polish church in the southern suburb of Balham on 2nd April shows two uniformed officers entering the sanctuary and... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

brutally, Church, exceeded, good friday, police, Polish, powers, service, shut, shut down, shutting, shutting down

March 30, 2021

Vatican sanctions retired Polish bishops over abuse cover-up

The Vatican has imposed sanctions on two Polish Catholic bishops, who resigned in 2020 after being accused of ignoring sexual abuse by their clergy. In simultaneous statements on 29th March, the apostolic nunciature in Warsaw said action had been taken against Archbishop Slawoj Glodz of Gdansk and Bishop Edward Janiak of Kalisz on the basis of Canon Law and Pope Francis’... Read More

News – Vatican

abuse, bishops, cover-up, Polish, retired, sanctions, Vatican

March 17, 2021

Polish cardinal could face jail time for failing to report abuse

A Polish cardinal, former secretary to St John Paul II, could face jail time after a Polish state commission accused him of ignoring sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. Poland’s State Commission on Paedophilia said it would initiate procedures against bishops “for not notifying law enforcement authorities, despite their knowledge that minors were being harmed by... Read More

News – World

abuse, Cardinal, jail, Polish, report

January 27, 2021

Polish Catholic patient dies after UK court denies life support treatment

The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have expressed their deep sadness and offered prayers following the death of a Catholic Polish man whose life support treatment was withdrawn following a highly-controversial court ruling. The bishops have also called for those requiring clinically assisted nutrition and hydration to be treated with proper human dignity, while the man’s family... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

‘RS’, bishops, catholic, denied, dies, life support, Polish, treatment

January 4, 2021

Priest who supported lorry drivers urges people to help others

A Polish Catholic priest, who provided spiritual sustenance to lorry drivers who were caught up in the recent English Channel disruption, has urged people to not be indifferent in such circumstances and instead “act and go out to people”. Fr Dawid Jasiński, who is in charge of the local Polish Mission in Lewisham, was one... Read More

News – UK and Ireland

channel, Disruption, English Channel, Poland, Polish, priest

November 12, 2020

Banned Polish cardinal unconscious in hospital

A retired Polish cardinal disciplined by the Vatican in early November has been hospitalised and remains unconscious, Polish media reported. Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz, the 97-year-old retired archbishop of Wroclaw, was banned from all public appearances and ordered to compensate his alleged victims, after being investigated for sexual abuse, the Vatican nunciature in Warsaw said on... Read More

News – World

banned, Cardinal, Cardinal Gulbinowicz, Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz, hospital, Poland, Polish, unconscious

October 31, 2020

Polish bishops thank citizens for protecting churches

Poland’s bishops thanked citizens for protecting places of worship from protesters angered by new abortion curbs and urged an end to current violence. “We observe with great pain this escalation of social tension and aggression – the vulgar language some protesters are using, the destruction of social property, devastation of churches, profanation of holy places... Read More

News – World

Abortion, bishops, churches, citizens, Poland, Polish, protecting, thank

July 20, 2020

Polish cardinal who spent half his life serving at Vatican dies at 80

Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, retired prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, has died at the age of 80. A close collaborator with St John Paul II and retired Pope Benedict XVI, the cardinal, who died on 17th July, also spent almost 27 years working in the Apostolic Signature, the Church’s highest court. In a condolence message,... Read More

News – Vatican

Cardinal, Cardinal Grocholewski, Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, dies, Polish, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis, St John Paul II, Vatican

THE NEWS SITE YOU’LL HAVE FAITH IN

Pope Francis accepts resignation of Polish bishop accused of cover-up

Theologian: Polish cardinal’s beatification reminder of tests of communism

Police ‘brutally exceeded powers’ shutting down Good Friday service, says church

Vatican sanctions retired Polish bishops over abuse cover-up

Polish cardinal could face jail time for failing to report abuse

Polish Catholic patient dies after UK court denies life support treatment

Priest who supported lorry drivers urges people to help others

Banned Polish cardinal unconscious in hospital

Polish bishops thank citizens for protecting churches

Polish cardinal who spent half his life serving at Vatican dies at 80

MOST READ THIS WEEK

Social Network

CULTURE:

EDUCATION:

TRAVEL: