Poland

Survivor Jakub Pankowiak said the Polish bishops did not want to set up a fully independent commission to investigate past clergy sex abuse cases.

The prayer was interrupted “by the weather, not the Holy Spirit,” participants said.

Rather than flee the Soviet violence in 1945, heroic Polish sisters chose to remain with those they cared for. They were beatified in Braniewo May 31.

1. All speeches and messages from Pope Leo XIV since his May 8 election are available on the Vatican website and should be consulted before sharing alleged quotes or videos, …

On Feb. 27, 1938, during a Sunday morning Mass for children, Father Streich was gunned down by a radical communist during the consecration of the Eucharist.

Passion play in northwestern Polish city recalls one of the first mass murders of World War II.

On April 2, 2005, at 9:37 p.m., St. John Paul II’s earthly journey ended, but in his homeland of Poland, a powerful spiritual community began to form.

Speakers recall pope from Poland as a sensation of the times whose steadfast faith brought humanity more freedom and true spiritual leadership — and continues the drive for freedom in …

Pilgrims, poetry, and the patron saint of the emerald isle are featured in OSV News stories this week, so peruse at your pleasure, and don’t forget to pray for the …

Because of the quiet and heroic intervention of a Polish priest, Andrew Jampoler’s life was saved just as it began.