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Poland to celebrate Day of Judaism

Last year the celebrations of the Day of Judaism took place in Łódź. Grzegorz Michałowski/PAP

Celebrations of the 23rd Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church, under the slogan "Remember to Celebrate the Sabbath Properly" will take place in Gniezno, western Poland, on January 16 – 21, the Warsaw Archdiocese press office told PAP on Thursday.

Thirty-five years after his murder, mystery still shrouds the death of Popiełuszko

TFN looks like back at the life and death of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, a hero of the anti-communist movement murdered by the secret police.

Ruling party leader promises tough action on paedophilia

The chairman of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, announced during a regional party convention in Szczecin (northern Poland) on Sunday, ruthless punishment for paedophilia and a raising of the threshold age for child abuse.

Setting the scene for Christmas: the tradition of nativity scenes runs deep

Come Christmas churches display beautiful nativity scenes as part of tradition that goes back centuries.

Remembering Pope Saint John Paul II

Poles and Catholics around the world will today commemorate the 98th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s birth, a man instrumental to the collapse of communism in Poland and the rest of Central and Eastern Europe, and the establishment of a more progressive Catholic church.

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