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Corpus Christi celebrations explode into colour

Łowicz exploded into colour today for one of the most important festivals in the Catholic calendar. Grzegorz Michałowski/PAP

The small town of Łowicz will erupt into colour today as locals take to the streets to celebrate Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało). 

Unbe-LEAF-able! Leaf from tree showing ‘face of Jesus’ sells for 720zł

Since last month, believers in the small town of Parczew have been regularly gathering in front of the tree to pray to its mysterious pattern.

Pro-choice activists acquitted after protest in cathedral

A group of 32 protesters who interrupted a mass in a Polish cathedral with a pro-abortion rights demonstration have been acquitted of disturbance of a religious act.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Education minister slams demands to remove religion from schools

Poland's education minister has criticised the idea of scrapping religion classes in schools, claiming it is part a wider plan to de-Christianise the Western world.

Citizens' initiative would penalise those who 'insult' Church says minister

Almost 400,000 signatures had been collected in favour of a citizens' initiative to amend the criminal code to penalise those who “insult and mock” the Catholic Church and other religious groups, announced the country’s minister of justice.

New chapter in ‘lost Jewish library mystery’ as books returned to Lublin from Berlin

The religious books come from the original collection in the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva which was once the largest Talmudic school in the world. The fate of the library is one of the biggest wartime mysteries of Lublin.

First there was light… and now there’s the world’s first ever Jesus Christ computer game

Based on the New Testament and entitled I Am Jesus Christ, the first person game sees players walk in the footsteps of the Messiah in an “incredible retelling of the story of Christ from birth to resurrection” and “perform amazing miracles, interact with a cast of biblical figures and travel around the Holy Land from Jerusalem to Galilee.”

Egg-cellent: the fantastic traditions of a Polish Easter

In Poland the Easter traditions come rich, thick and fast. From the blessing of baskets of food to pouring water over women, the country boasts a glorious mix of traditions that set the Easter holiday apart from all others.

Close to 10,000 Hasidic Jews from around the world to pray in Poland

Around 10,000 Hasidic Jews, mainly from Europe and the United States, are expected to visit the town of Lezajsk, in southeastern Poland, to take part in commemorations marking the 235th anniversary of the death of Tzaddik Elimelech Weissblum of Lizhensk.

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They say love don't come easy - but it does in Bielsko-Biała!

I must apologise if this column is not the academic or historical discourse that this city so richly deserves, but it is the Bielsko-Biała that revealed itself to me – it’s also the Bielsko-Biała that I fell desperately in love with. I’m pretty sure, you will as well.

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