Polish, German Bishops Sign New Declaration 60 Years After Historic Reconciliation

November 20, 2025 World News

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gniezno, president of the Polish Bishops’ Conference (left), and Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German Bishops’ Conference, embrace after signing the joint declaration “Courage of Extended Hands” at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, Poland, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, during commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the historic correspondence between the Polish and German Bishops’ Conferences.

The churches in Poland and Germany want to ‘continue to work to break down and overcome enmities in Europe.’