Paulina Guzik

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Maryland family connects with Poland’s Ulma family, murdered by Nazis

March 27, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News

The Vatican confirmed the martyrdom of the Ulma family, including their unborn child, on Dec. 17, 2022, clearing the way for all nine members of the Ulma family to be beatified.

Francis’ decade as pope called dramatic, dizzying, daring and divisive — anything but dull

March 14, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

For the biographer of Pope Francis, 10 years into the current papacy, “the church is in a very different place,” with “less anger and defensiveness.” Commentators add that Pope Francis is a pope “who is not afraid to spark controversy” and are certain he’s a “daring” pope “full of surprises.”

He has ‘changed our lives,’ say those in need about Francis, the ‘pope of the poor’

March 13, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Pope Francis focused his papacy on the poor and needy.

Catholic charities sending millions in aid to an ailing Syria and Turkey after deadly earthquake

February 15, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News

With the 19th-century cathedral lying in ruins, along with many of the homes of his parishioners, Father Dogondke is left with a community of people who are accustomed to serving others who now have nothing left themselves.

Vatican funding for charitable works totals $10.7 million in 2022; $2.2 million alone goes to needs in Ukraine

January 23, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Giving, News, Vatican, War in Ukraine, World News

The Dicastery for the Service of Charity, led by Polish Cardinal Krajewski, spent $2.2 million (2 million euros) in 2022 for humanitarian help in Ukraine.

In a turn of history, Poland is country that will miss German pope the most

January 9, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News

Hundreds of Polish priests dropped everything and came to Rome to pay tribute to the pope emeritus.

Pope Benedict XVI laid to rest today where two canonized popes were buried

January 5, 2023
By Paulina Guzik
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican, World News

In what looks like a continuation of pontifical legacy, Pope Benedict XVI was buried in the crypt where his Polish predecessor, St. John Paul II, was first buried.

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