“It was a scene of terror. Homes, infrastructure, all destroyed, and the historic parish reduced to rubble. Civilians were captured and forced to watch.”
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“In whose name and for what motivation can sacred places be destroyed and outraged, human beings offended and humiliated, religious signs and symbols trampled upon?”
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Unlike better known sites such as Lourdes or Fatima, the apparitions in Gietrzwald were marked not only by their frequency but by extended dialogue.
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“Bishops across the country have emphasized the … need to work toward a peace with social justice, based on dialogue, reconciliation, and respect for life.”
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In the late afternoon, the nun “felt someone come up behind her and throw her with full force onto a rock,” according to one news report.
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If you think of the most secularized regions in Europe — like the Czech Republic — even there, Christians are many times more numerous than here.”
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Organizers said the lives of the patron saints reflected on issues relevant today, including persecution, migration and social struggle.
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“The disappearance of Father Luke Yugue three years ago … shows how fragile the lives of people are in the hands of the powerful.”
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As declining birth rates reshape the West, a global conversation on marriage and family is gaining urgency ahead of an October gathering in Rome convened by Pope Leo XIV.
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The measure, Bill C-218, proposes to amend Canada’s criminal code to permanently prohibit medical assistance in dying, or MAiD, for individuals solely living with a mental illness.
