Catholic-Polish National Catholic churches dialogue on unity

Published: 2005-10-10

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Church unity was the major theme of the latest session of the Polish National Catholic-Roman Catholic dialogue, held Sept. 19-20 in Buffalo, N.Y. Most of the session was devoted to reflection on "The Polish National Catholic Church: Commitment to Work for Church Unity," a paper first presented to the dialogue group last spring. Its full text has been published in God's Field, the Polish National Catholic Church's official newspaper. Details of the meeting were released in Washington Oct. 5 in a news release from the headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Polish National Catholic Church, established in Scranton, Pa., in 1897, has its origins in a series of pastoral and administrative conflicts between Polish immigrant Catholic parishes and their bishops in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. According to its Web site, the Polish church now has about 25,000 members in the United States and Canada.

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