Nagasaki Franciscan monastery that survived atomic blast still stands as messenger of peace August 8, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Eighty years ago two of the world’s deadliest weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, bringing near-total destruction.
Warsaw archbishop ‘devastated, crushed’ by priest’s arrest in brutal murder of homeless man July 27, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The Catholic Church in Poland is grappling with a shocking tragedy: A diocesan priest has confessed to the brutal murder of a homeless man.
Poland’s ‘living memorial’ to St. John Paul II marks 25 years of transforming lives July 25, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko Filed Under: News, Saints, World News, Youth Ministry Thousands of young Poles made their way through the streets of Czestochowa July 19, singing and praying as they approached the Jasna Góra Marian shrine.
Poland’s government clashes with bishops over migration remarks while cardinal urges a shift in language July 21, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, World News Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lódz spoke up after two retired bishops sparked outrage with their migration and border policy remarks at the Marian shrine of Jasna Góra earlier in July.
Polish nuns beatified for heroic witness amid wartime horror June 2, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News In a solemn ceremony in Braniewo, northeastern Poland, 15 nuns from the Congregation of St. Catherine Virgin and Martyr, were beatified — recognized as martyrs who gave their lives during the final, brutal months of World War II.
Story behind beatification of Poland’s Father Stanislaw Streich is one of quiet courage May 22, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News In one of the first beatifications under Pope Leo XIV, the church in Poland is preparing to celebrate the beatification of Father Stanislaw Streich, a humble parish priest murdered at the altar in 1938.
A basket filled with faith: Eastern Europe Easter tradition explained April 19, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Easter Holy Saturday is one of those days when the church, though liturgically silent, speaks volumes through signs.
Polish talent foundation ‘best living monument’ to St. John Paul II 20 years after his death April 6, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News, Youth Ministry The Polish bishops’ conference established the “Dzielo Nowego Tysiaclecia” (“The Work of a New Millenium”) foundation in the Jubilee Year 2000. Today, 20 years after John Paul’s death on April 2, 2005, it’s called the “best living monument” of the pope, granting scholarships to talented youth, who are everything from musicians to doctors, and inventors to sportsmen.
Poland remembers the hour of the death of beloved pope as unifying moment April 2, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, Saints, World News On April 2, 2005, the world mourned the passing of St. John Paul II. At 9:37 p.m., his earthly journey ended, but in his homeland of Poland, a powerful spiritual community began to form.
God, honor, homeland: Polish ‘cursed soldiers’ remembered for their steadfast faith March 8, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News The story of the Polish “cursed soldiers” is about the highest price one can pay for their desire for freedom and one about an unconditional trust in God.
Amid darkness of Ukraine war, religious sisters bring light, hope and purpose to villages February 24, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: News, War in Ukraine, World News As the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine reached a tragic threshold of three years Feb. 24, religious sisters are bringing rays of sunshine to those who don’t know how to smile anymore, including children whose carefree childhood disappeared, and farmers, whose fields are mined and useless.
Ukrainians need to be comforted ‘in their pain,’ chaplains say as war enters fourth year February 21, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko Filed Under: Feature, News, War in Ukraine, World News As the war in Ukraine reaches the tragic threshold of three years, OSV News is profiling Catholics who have become quiet heroes of help, perseverance and faith amid the nightmare of a full-scale Russian invasion.
