"A conversion of hearts is needed." Bishop Paweł Socha has died

The Zielona Góra-Gorzów Diocese announced that details regarding the funeral of Bishop Paweł Socha will be provided later. Born on January 10, 1935, in Wojsławice, he joined the Congregation of the Mission in 1951 and was ordained a priest in 1958. He became an auxiliary bishop in the newly established Gorzów Diocese in 1973. Socha chaired the Polish Bishops' Conference's Clergy Commission from 1980 to 1996 and participated in the 1990 synod on priestly formation. He retired in 2012 but remained active in pastoral work, advocating for a shift in pastoral approaches and addressing the need for truth and justice regarding sexual scandals in the Church.