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Pilgrimage

Is the pilgrim city of Częstochowa really the unhappiest place in Poland? TFN finds out

While not recommend for honeymoon purposes (unless, maybe, you’re looking for a quick divorce), this is a city that is not short on points of interest. Częstochowa - Profil Miasta

While not recommend for honeymoon purposes (unless, maybe, you’re looking for a quick divorce), this is a city that is not short on points of interest.

Jasna Góra Monastery visited by 4.4 mln pilgrims in 2019

Around 4.4 mln pilgrims visited Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa, southern Poland, in 2019, an increase of 100,000 people on the 2018 figure. The number of walking pilgrimages is also growing, the press office of the monastery has reported.

Warsaw man quits job to go on five month fund-raising trek across Europe with his pet dog Pindol

The 4,000 km journey aimed at raising money for an oncologic hospice, took Strojewski from Poland to Germany, France, Spain and eventually to Portugal after he decided to carry on upon reaching Galicia.

Italian granny, 95, WALKS astonishing 1,000km from her home to Jasna Góra

Intrepid Emma Morosini said she had set off from her home by Lake Garda in the north of Italy to make the solo pilgrimage after being ‘called’ by the Virgin Mary.

Orthodox ceremonies held at Grabarka shrine

The Transfiguration of Christ, one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church, was celebrated on Monday on the Holy Mount of Grabarka, eastern Poland, the traditional pilgrimage centre for Orthodox Christians in 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.

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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Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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