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Pope Francis reminds Poles about 15th anniversary of John Paul II's death

The Pope's General Audience was held via live streaming from the Vatican Library without the faithful in attendance. Vatican Media/PAP/EPA

At a general audience in Rome on Wednesday, Pope Francis encouraged Poles to entrust themselves to the intercession of Saint John Paul II in the time of the coronavirus threat, and reminded the faithful of the 15th anniversary of the death of the late Pope on Thursday.

Rome hosts seminar on Polish-Italian aerospace cooperation

The aviation and space sectors in Poland, opportunities for investment and cooperation, were the subjects raised during a Polish-Italian seminar in Rome on Thursday attended by government officials from both countries.

Exhibition honouring Polish WWII courier opens in Rome

An exhibition honouring Jan Karski, a Polish Home Army (AK) soldier and a courier for the wartime Polish Underground State during WWII, who informed the Allies about the Holocaust, opened in Rome on Tuesday.

Presidential couple arrives in Rome

President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda arrived in Rome on Sunday. They are to be received by Pope Francis at his general audience, presidential top aide Krzysztof Szczerski told PAP.

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Life of richest Pole to have ever lived after he won 774 kilos of gold in a casino is explored in riveting new book

A high-living bon vivant, Karol Jaroszyński’s youth was characterised by wild spending and long nights in Europe’s most glamorous casinos. And then he literally broke the bank of Monte Carlo by winning 774 kilos of gold at the roulette table.

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

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