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St. John Paul II remembered by Polish primate in interview with PAP

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St. John Paul II was someone who built bridges between people and approached others with great openness, said Primate of Poland Archbishop Wojciech Polak in an interview for PAP. Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of St. John Paul II.

Europe has obligation to help Italy, PM tells Italian daily La Repubblica

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote in the Saturday edition of Italian daily La Repubblica that Europe has an obligation to help Italians struggling with the coronavirus pandemic, adding that the EU has effective tools to tackle an economic crisis.

Peace Light of Bethlehem passed on to prime minister

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki received the Peace Light of Bethlehem from scouts of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP) at his office in Warsaw on Tuesday.

Building up to the spirit in the sky: the story of Wilanów’s vast Temple of Divine Providence

TFN explores the history and the stunning architecture of one of the country’s biggest and most expensive new churches.

Just the two of U.S.! Fascinating untold story of Americans who gave their all to help rebuild Poland’s independence

A new exhibition entitled ‘Americans in Poland 1919-1947’ attempts to restore the memory of a generation of Americans who came to Poland with Herbert Hoover in the early 1920s and who sought to help rebuild the country.

John Paul II awoke solidarity, desire for freedom in Poles - PM

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in Poland's northern city of Gdańsk on Monday that the first pilgrimage to Poland by Pope John Paul II awoke solidarity and a desire for freedom in the Polish people.

Bizarre button museum kept in a 100-year-old suitcase and exhibited in a shop window tells fascinating story of Polish history

Claiming to be the smallest museum in Europe, it includes buttons from Poland’s wartime commander-in-chief Władysław Sikorski, Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski, recently murdered mayor of Gdansk Paweł Adamowicz and even Pope John Paul II, all of which offer an exhilarating whistle-stop tour of Poland’s recent history and contemporary national life.

JPII remembered: Known as the ‘Progressive Pope’, today marks the 14th anniversary of John Paul II’s death

Poles and Catholics around the world today commemorate the 14th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s death. 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, JPII, as he was affectionately known, is still considered one of the best Popes to have ever lived.

Museum opens for reconstructed ‘Popemobile’

Known as the JP2, the reconstructed military Star truck was produced especially for the Pope during his first visit to Poland in 1979.

1983: Pilgrimage of hope – the Pope in communist Poland under martial law

On June 16-23, 1983, the seemingly impossible happened. With Poland reeling from the imposition of martial law, Pope John Paul II visited for the second time after being chosen as the leader of the Catholic church.

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Zofia Posmysz: acclaimed writer and Auschwitz survivor laid to rest in Oświęcim

One of Poland’s major chroniclers of the Holocaust, Posmysz survived three years in German captivity to become an award-winning journalist and author.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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