Tadeusz Wojda, the archbishop of Gdańsk, has been elected as the new president of the Polish Episcopal Conference.

Tadeusz Wojda, the archbishop of Gdańsk, has been elected as the new president of the Polish Episcopal Conference.
Access to religion classes in public school is a human right, argued the Catholic church’s central body in Poland.
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A parish in Tarnów acquired land illegally taken from its rightful owner, a Holocaust survivor.
Post-Christmas pastoral visits will be invitation-only or replaced with special Masses in some cities.
The archbishop of Kraków also identified Berlin and New York as “important centres” trying to “force LGBT ideology” on Poland.
The head of Poland’s Catholic episcopate also rejected President Duda’s “compromise” abortion bill.
Tens of thousands have joined the demonstrations.
The Catholic episcopate has faced criticism over the image.
The city authorities says they are simply enforcing the secular state in accordance with the constitution.
The episcopate has previously criticised TVP for retracting some of its Catholic programming.
The last one to be built, in 1912, was demolished in the 1920s after Poland regained its independence.
The call follows a move by the justice minister to withdraw Poland from the Istanbul Convention.
The Bishop of Kalisz, Edward Janiak, is being investigated by the Vatican.
An archbishop will call on the Vatican to open an investigation