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Vatican position on Ukraine war disappointing says deputy FM

Pawel Jablonski said the Vatican was trying to find justifications for the war, saying only that peace is important. Darek Delmanowicz/PAP

The Vatican's position on Russia's invasion of Ukraine is "very disappointing" a Polish deputy foreign minister has said, adding that Polish diplomacy was working to change the Holy See's stance.

Tarnów woman dubbed ‘Guardian Angel of Auschwitz’ to be made saint for helping death camp inmates

Deported to the camp on 27 April 1942, Stefania Łącka “reached the peaks of heroism" trying to support and save others from death.

Vatican suspends Polish bishop over failure to deal with child abuse

The Vatican has banned a Polish bishop from public celebrations in his diocese as well as from the Polish bishops' conference owing to his negligence in failing to deal with acts of paedophilia committed by two of his clerics.

Polish hierarch freed of paedophilia negligence charges

The Vatican on Tuesday informed that it had freed Polish archbishop and episcopal head Stanislaw Gadecki of negligence charges in paedophilia inquiries involving two other Polish clerics.

Vatican punishes Polish bishop for covering up child abuse

The Holy See has banned a Polish bishop from participating in public religious ceremonies after finding him guilty of negligence in incidents of child sex abuse involving priests from his diocese.

Vatican masterpieces and never-before-seen mementos of John Paul II go on show for first time at Warsaw Royal Castle

Included are extraordinary gifts given to the late Pope such as a metal relief excavated from a mass grave of Polish officers murdered by the NKVD, a crucifix carved by a concentration camp prisoner from a toothbrush, handwritten notes and never-before- seen archival documents from his student life in Rome.

Vatican punishes two Polish bishops

The Vatican has ordered two Polish bishops to reside outside their own archdioceses and has banned them from participating in public religious ceremonies in connection with negligence in cases of sexual abuse.

Pope John Paul II deceived over abuser McCarrick - Episcopate president

A report published by the Vatican shows that the now disgraced Cardinal Theodore McCarrick managed to deceive Pope John Paul II about his behaviour, the president of the Polish Bishops' Conference (KEP), Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, has said.

President says pandemic under control in Poland

The coronavirus pandemic is under control in Poland, President Andrzej Duda said on Friday during a visit to the Vatican as the Polish health ministry reported another record daily rise in infections earlier in the day.

Polish presidential couple arrives in Italy

President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda on Tuesday afternoon arrived in Italy for a three-day visit, marking Duda's first foreign trip after his re-election in July.

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Auschwitz museum launches fascinating photo album to coincide with 75th anniversary

Opened on the initiative of former prisoners on 2 July, 1947, the history of the museum has now been documented in the new album divided into six sections and entitled  '75 years of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum and Memorial'.

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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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