The vice president of the Warsaw-based Institute of National Remembrance, Mateusz Szpytma learned through a family photo album of the Ulmas and the tragic deaths of the family and the Jews they hid in 1944 during World War II. Szpytma's grandmother, Maria,
Aug. 15 marks the 300th anniversary of the coronation of the image of Our Lady of Koden in Poland. Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz as papal legate imposed new crowns, blessed by Pope Francis, on the image.
Church leaders in Ukraine and Poland have urged "reconciliation and unity" between their countries in the face of Russian aggression as they marked the anniversary of a wave of wartime massacres in Volhynia region.
Throughout the month of July, reconciliation prayers are held
The European Commission and Europa Nostra foundation has honored Poland's medieval altarpiece for outstanding conservation. The Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) altar is widely regarded as a Gothic masterpiece. Its meticulous conservation, based on in-depth research, was carried out for more than 1,000
Shortly after the announcement of new cardinals by Pope Francis July 9 during the Angelus prayer in the Vatican, the Polish internet was flooded by pictures of the lynx with a red cardinal's hat. It's because the last name of the newly
For 17 years, the media ethics conference at the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow has gathered media researchers from all over the country. This year it attracted a record number of academics. The reason? The main topic was the
The number of victims of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland between 1944 and 1990 may be close to 1,100, with the number of abusers close to 300.
KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — Eighteen years after the death of St. John Paul II April 2, 2005, his native Poland remembered him with vigils and marches. The biggest one — a crowd of an estimated tens of thousands of faithful —
Legendary communist-era priest, Father Blachnicki, was murdered, Polish authorities confirm
Polish church leaders have welcomed renewed calls for the beatification of a popular priest, Father Franciszek Blachnicki (1921-1987), following official confirmation that he was killed by communist secret police agents.
"Most Poles still feel a sense of unfulfilled justice, and the murder of
The bishops of Poland March 14 announced they will create a commission of experts to investigate cases of abuse of minors by clergy from the past in the country -- an investigation that would cover the era that St. John Paul II