Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lodz, chairman of the Committee for Dialogue with Judaism of the Polish bishops' conference, strongly condemned the incident in which a far-right Polish lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles in the Sejm, the country's
Each day at 9:00 p.m., numerous Poles become spiritually united through the prayer unique for the shrine of Jasna Góra. Dec. 8 marks the 70th anniversary of praying the Call of Jasna Góra daily at Poland's most famous Marian shrine, home to
German bishop denounces Polish archbishop for letter to pope protesting Germany’s Synodal Path
Bishop Georg Bätzing of Limburg, Germany, has written a letter to his Polish counterpart, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, accusing him of "unbrotherly behavior" and of an "enormous overstepping of his authority." The Polish daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita published Bishop Bätzing's letter, dated
The president of the Polish bishops' conference has bitterly criticized demands for liberal change by the church in neighboring Germany and urged the pope not to allow them to dominate the Rome Synod on Synodality.
"Awareness of the power of truth sustains my
When Mokotow prison was opened as the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners of the Polish People’s Republic in March, six years after shedding its last inmates, it was agreed regular Masses and liturgies should be held to dispel the site's
KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) -- She dedicated her life and career to fight for marriages and unborn children -- a battle she would pursue with and for Karol Wojtyla. He signed letters to her as "Brother." She would talk to him daily
Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a Polish bishop in whose diocese a priest organized a "sexual orgy" as Polish media reported. The nunciature did not indicate in an Oct. 24 statement the reasons why Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak of Sosnowiec, 59, resigned,
As Oct. 15 elections approach, the Church in Poland releases voting guidance for Catholics, amid the governing Law and Justice party setting the election date for a day the church celebrates as "papal day" ahead of 45th anniversary of the papal
Until Polish film director Mariusz Pilis told him the story of the Ulma family in 2022, the mayor of the German city of Esens had no idea that the murderer of the newly beatified Poles who sheltered Jews lived unbothered in his
The letter found is important, the archivist said, because it not only details Nazi crimes at the Belzec extermination camp in 1942, but it refers to other reports and mentions Auschwitz, suggesting that the letter is probably part of much more correspondence