During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of Poles traveled 5,433 miles by land, sea and rail from their homeland in central Europe to Chicago. They brought with them the Polish ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A paedophile scandal has hit the Catholic Church in Poland, as it struggles with an increasingly secular ...

It was a gloomy forecast for the Polish Catholic Church. "I say it's a dark night for the church," said Zbigniew Nosowski, one of Poland’s prominent intellectuals. "It is a difficult time of crisis.

The Polish Catholic Church has been rocked for several years by allegations of sexual abuse of minors involving the clergy, scandals that have led to the forced resignations of several bishops and ...

The report comes at a time of upheaval in the Polish Catholic Church. Since November 2020, the Vatican has disciplined a series of mainly retired Polish bishops after investigations under Pope ...

Polish Catholics were dismayed by the accusations made against such a high-ranking official. The Catholic Church has recently been rocked by sexual abuse scandals in dioceses in various parts of ...

Two churches close: Our Lady of Fatima and St. Joseph-St. Therese hold final Mass “I made pierogies and galumpkis,” Cowell said. Pierogies are a Polish dumpling stuffed with potatoes and cheese.

Here are 15 exceptional churches of Poland, dating from the Middle Ages through to contemporary times The Gniezno cathedral, the Mother of Polish Churches, stands on the Wzgórze Lecha (Hill of Lech).

HURT BY POLITICS "I have an impression the Polish Catholic Church has already lost the chance to rebuild its identity around the teachings of John Paul II and attract new people to it," said ...

The Catholic church has long inspired respect and devotion in Poland, with many seeing it as a repository of Polish culture and traditions during periods of foreign domination – from the late 18 ...

And yet, in recent years, the Polish Roman Catholic Church’s omnipresence is starting to cause it problems. Specifically, some believers are taking issue with the church’s cozy relationship with the ...

From July 2018 to the end of 2020 368 cases of sexual assault, committed between 1958 and last year, were reported to the Polish Catholic Church. Hundred of cases of sexual abuse of children by ...