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

Incredible Emma Morosini told the Catholic Information Agency that the 1,00km trip was the latest in a series of pilgrimages she had decided to take at the age of 70 after being cured of a deadly illness. JasnaGoraNews/Twitter

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.

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History

Sto lat: Toruń marks 100 years of Polish rule

After being the bosses for decades in January 1920, the Germans relinquished control to the Poles.

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PM vows greater investment in sports infrastructure
German daily describes Poland as "first victim of WWII"
Senate backs resolution against Russian historical manipulations
Russia accuses Polish WW2 resistance of exterminating Warsaw Jews, Ukrainians
Delegations confirm attendance at Auschwitz liberation anniversary

'My mum was kidnapped by Hitler's SS!'

During WW II, the Germans kidnapped up to 200,000 ‘racially suitable’ Polish children for adoption by senior Nazis. In a harrowing, exclusive interview, TFN speaks to the son of one of the ‘Lebensborn’. What makes his story unusual though, is that with no real family of her own in Poland, Dariusz Dziekan’s mother quickly got back in contact with her German adopted mother after the war and Dziekan grew up knowing this woman simply as Grandma.

Dan Session
Sad but beautiful! Why are Polish christmas carols so miserable?

Why So Serious?
A chance encounter on the remote Faroe Islands leads to a meeting with a remarkable Polish woman.

Events

19/12 - 08/03 Blockbuster! Lego Notre Dame smashes world record
09/01 - 29/03 Exhibition of impressionist prints opens in Poznan
27/01 Royals, world leaders to attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary
21/04 March of the Living to be held on April 21
29/07 - 15/11 Epic Polish painting to be exhibited at National Gallery in London

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