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Polish president stresses importance of Benedict XVI

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Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, stressed the contribution of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to the Catholic Church after he attended the Pope's funeral in the Vatican on Thursday.

Polish president, PM pay tribute to former Pope Benedict XVI

Polish President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki have paid tribute to former Pope Benedict XVI who on Saturday died at his Vatican residence, aged 95.

Rare book given to Pope Francis by French president is NOT war loot

After launching an inquiry into the book’s origins, on Wednesday Poland’s culture minister Piotr Glinski said it had not been looted.

Poland investigating French president's present to Pope

The Polish Foreign Ministry has launched an inquiry into the history of a book presented to Pope Francis by Emmanuel Macron, the French president.

Macron accused of giving Pope book looted from Poland during WWII

During a private audience, Macron gifted the head of the Church the first French edition of Immanuel Kant's late 18th-century book Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch which some believe may have been looted during WWII.

Vatican position on Ukraine war disappointing says deputy FM

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.

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