(OSV News) — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, papal almoner and prefect of the Dicastery for the Service of Charity went to Ukraine for the seventh time to open the Mercy House …
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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. 10. “I think it will only …
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(Editor’s note: This version includes updates based on information clarified on Sept. 5.) KRAKÓW, Poland (OSV News) — Mateusz Szpytma has always been fascinated by history. “I was looking at …
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CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (OSV News) — “Can we give you a hug?” the leaders of the Lodz pilgrimage asked Cardinal-designate Grzegorz Rys while he was stretching his arms wide right at …
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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 beatification, it had considered the child …
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LISBON, Portugal (OSV News) — World Youth Day is known as an event that can and does change lives, but when a teenager said she has regained her sight during …
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LISBON, Portugal (OSV News) — Selia Nunez celebrated her 16th birthday two weeks ago, and now she is in Lisbon, enjoying her first World Youth Day. “I just made the …
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LISBON, Portugal (OSV News) — Joyful, singing crowds were walking through Lisbon long after the opening Mass of World Youth Day 2023 was over Aug. 1. The atmosphere surprised even …
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KRAKOW, Poland (OSV News) — 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 …
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(OSV News) — 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 …
