ANALYSIS: While secularization is making inroads in the homeland of John Paul II, the recent election results are encouraging. A giant flag depicting Pope St. John Paul II waves over heads of ...

At a service marking the return of the bells, Bishop Jacek Jezierski of the Diocese of Elbląg reflected on the historic and symbolic significance of the bells. Bishop Gebhard Fürst blesses the bell ...

Image above is of the triumphant 1979 visit of Pope John Paul II to his native Poland. Times have changed since the heyday of the sainted pope. I've made this point several times in this space since ...

The Jasna Gora Monastery, Poland's most revered Catholic shrine, during a sunset in Czestochowa, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. As the ruling conservative Law and Justice party seeks to win an ...

WARSAW — Tax breaks, bishops dictating the law, and priests promoted according to the principle of “mediocre, passive, but faithful.” This was the state of the Catholic Church and the baggage that ...

Susannah Heschel, a professor of Jewish studies at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., speaks during the inauguration of the Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations Oct. 17, 2022, at ...

Poland's top court unanimously bans Communist Party of Poland, ruling it violates Article 13 of the constitution, which prohibits parties promoting totalitarian methods ...

POZNAN, Poland -- In the corridors of a history museum in Poznan, Poland, lie numerous artifacts narrating vivid stories of Poland's rich history and culture. Native Polish residents routinely ...

People attend Mass at the Jasna Gora Monastery, Poland's most revered Catholic shrine, in Czestochowa, Poland, Sept. 24. An increasing number of Poles appear to be questioning their relationship with ...

Pope Francis expressed his hope that a new center for Catholic-Jewish relations in Poland will "foster appreciation of the common heritage, not only of the two religions, but also of the two peoples." ...