Leading Polish bishop recalls historic 1965 letter
October 27, 2015
The president of the Polish Episcopal Conference recalled the 50th anniversary of the historic message of the Polish Bishops to the German Bishops, in which the former forgave and asked forgiveness of the latter for actions during World War II.
In an October 26 statement, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan recalled the Polish Communist government’s criticism of the bishops’ letter as well as the German episcopate’s initial diffidence.
“The ancient Romans used to say: Historia est magistra vitae [history is the teacher of life]”, he said. “We are aware of how much we still have to learn with our gaze fixed on Christ, precisely when it comes to reading and interpreting the history of our nations and with regard to the spiritual and material well-being of the generations of today and of the future … Let us give thanks for the authors and signatories of that Message, among others: Cardinal Primate Stefan Wyszynski, Cardinal Boleslaw Kominek, and Archbishop Karol Wojtyla.”
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