Paulina Guzik

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‘When you love the poor, you know their needs,’ papal almoner says

(OSV News) — Pope Francis will celebrate the World Day of the Poor for the seventh time on Nov. 19. The 2023 World Day...

Paulina GuzikNovember 18, 2023

A file photo shows a cross atop the Shrine of Our Lady of Montligeon in France. Dubbed "the shrine that does good to souls," Montligeon is located about 93 miles West of Paris and is famous for praying for the deceased and supporting their families. (OSV News photo/courtesy Montligeon Sanctuary)

Europe

‘Tears are sign of love,’ says rector of French sanctuary known for praying for the dead

(OSV News) — Hidden in a picturesque town 93 miles west of Paris, Montligeon may not be as famous as Lourdes, yet it is...

Paulina GuzikNovember 2, 2023

A woman prays inside a church in Lleida, Spain, in this July 13, 2020, file photo. Spanish bishops met Oct. 30, 2023, to discuss Spanish ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo's report on abuse in the Catholic Church delivered Oct. 27. to government officials. (OSV News photo/Nacho Doce, Reuters)

Europe

Expert: While Spanish bishops ‘are late’ with own abuse report, ombudsman’s report faulty

(OSV News) — Spanish bishops met Oct. 30 to discuss Spanish ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo’s report on abuse in the Catholic Church, delivered Oct. 27...

Paulina GuzikOctober 31, 2023

Abuse survivor Teresa Pitt Green of Spirit Fire, a Christian restorative justice initiative founded by two survivors of clergy abuse in the United States, speaks to bishops in the chapel during a day of prayer Nov. 12, 2018, at the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Bob Roller)

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Survivor: Abuse should be seriously addressed by the synod, or not at all

(OSV News) — While the doors of the Synod on Synodality, taking place in the Vatican Oct. 4-29, are closed to journalists and the...

Paulina GuzikOctober 10, 2023

Xavière Missionary Sister Nathalie Becquart, undersecretary of the synod, speaks to reporters at a news conference at the Vatican April 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)

World

‘Synodality is a call from God for the church today,’ says synod undersecretary

(OSV News) — The approaching world Synod of Bishops on Synodality aims to be a lesson on the “exchange of gifts,” said Sister Nathalie...

Paulina GuzikSeptember 29, 2023

Europe

Papal almoner opens shelter in Lviv after drone attack destroyed warehouse

(OSV News) — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner and prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity went to Ukraine for the seventh...

Paulina GuzikSeptember 27, 2023

Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, papal envoy (in red), concelebrates the Sept. 10, 2023, beatification Mass of the Ulma family, who were martyred for sheltering Jews in Markowa, Poland, under German occupation during World War II. Józef and Wiktoria and their seven children were proclaimed "Blessed" during the Mass. The Ulmas' seventh child was born as Wiktoria was executed. (OSV News photo/Patryk Ogorzalek/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via Reuters)

World

UPDATE: As entire Ulma family beatified in Poland, pope hails them as ‘ray of light in the darkness’

MARKOWA, Poland (OSV News) — In one of the most significant moments in Polish post-war history, the Ulma family was beatified in Markowa Sept....

Paulina GuzikSeptember 10, 2023

Mateusz Szpytma, vice president of the Polish Institute of National Rememberance speaks during the Aug. 21, 2023, opening of the exhibition "Death for Humanity" about the Ulma family in front of the presidential palace in Warsaw, Poland. Szpytma was in primary school when he learned about his relatives -- the Ulma family -- who were killed by German Nazis during the war. Twenty years later, as an experienced historian, he felt the urge to research the story of his family that he eventually told to the world. (OSV News photo/Slawomir Kasper, courtesy Institute of National Remembrance)

Europe

Historian and Ulma relative describes first learning about the ‘fascinating family’ he aims to share with world

(Editor’s note: This version includes updates based on information clarified on Sept. 5.) KRAKÓW, Poland (OSV News) — Mateusz Szpytma has always been fascinated...

Paulina GuzikSeptember 9, 2023

Europe

Two cardinals, including papal almoner, greet pilgrims arriving at Czestochowa shrine

CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (OSV News) — “Can we give you a hug?” the leaders of the Lodz pilgrimage asked Cardinal-designate Grzegorz Rys while he was...

Paulina GuzikAugust 28, 2023

Europe

Village in Poland prepares for Ulma family’s beatification, tells story of their heroism in face of Nazis

UPDATE 9/5/2023: The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints clarified Sept. 5 that in including the Ulmas’ seventh child in the family’s Sept. 10...

Paulina GuzikAugust 19, 2023

OSV News

World

‘When you love the poor, you know their needs,’ papal almoner says

Europe

‘Tears are sign of love,’ says rector of French sanctuary known for praying for the dead

Europe

Expert: While Spanish bishops ‘are late’ with own abuse report, ombudsman’s report faulty

Vatican

Survivor: Abuse should be seriously addressed by the synod, or not at all

World

‘Synodality is a call from God for the church today,’ says synod undersecretary

Europe

Papal almoner opens shelter in Lviv after drone attack destroyed warehouse

World

UPDATE: As entire Ulma family beatified in Poland, pope hails them as ‘ray of light in the darkness’

Europe

Historian and Ulma relative describes first learning about the ‘fascinating family’ he aims to share with world

Europe

Two cardinals, including papal almoner, greet pilgrims arriving at Czestochowa shrine

Europe

Village in Poland prepares for Ulma family’s beatification, tells story of their heroism in face of Nazis

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