Stanisław Ryłko

Cardinal Ryłko has spoken mainly about marriage and the family. In a September 2014 interview before the Synod on the Family he defended the Church's teaching on the indissolubility of marriage and openness to life, said married couples need 'the courage of the prophets' to go against the dominant culture, and also called for empathetic accompaniment of couples in crisis or irregular situations. No public statements by him on Fiducia Supplicans were found.

No public statement by Cardinal Ryłko on the traditional Latin Mass, Summorum Pontificum or Traditionis Custodes was found. Pope Francis appointed him Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in December 2016, a post he held until July 2025. His positions on liturgy are not publicly documented.

Cardinal Ryłko's public remarks focus on lay formation and the presence of Christians in culture, media, economy and politics, which he said in 2004 are areas the ecclesial movements should reach. He has defended marriage and the family as a common good. No public statements by him on migrants, climate or the death penalty were found.

Cardinal Ryłko has not publicly criticised Pope Francis. Francis confirmed him as President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, appointed him Archpriest of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in December 2016, and he took part in the conclaves of 2013 and 2025. He has not been publicly identified with either the promotion or the criticism of Francis's reform programme.

No public statements by Cardinal Ryłko on interreligious dialogue, the Abu Dhabi Document or ecumenism were found. His public work has centred on the laity, ecclesial movements, youth and the family.

Cardinal Ryłko gives few interviews, and his public addresses are mostly doctrinal and pastoral, on the family and the formation of the laity. In a 2014 Avvenire interview he noted that the Church's teaching on marriage is often 'contested or even ridiculed' by the media.