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Pope Francis reminded today that little "gestures of love change history". Speaking from the Vatican to the faithful on the second day of Christmas, he spoke of the need to obey the regulations of the authorities in order to "escape from the pandemic".more

Pope Francis announced today that Christmas will be less restrictive and difficult due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but will be "more real". "Let's think how many difficulties Mary and Joseph had" - he noted.more

This year’s Vatican Nativity scene has drawn fierce criticism for its post-modern artistic look, which critics say radically breaks with traditional Nativity scenes and fails to evangelize or inspire others about the mystery of the Incarnation. more

The Vatican services published the papal schedule of the festive liturgy. It shows that the Midnight Mass - the mass celebrated in accordance with the centuries-old tradition on Christmas Eve, shortly before midnight, this time will start much earlier - at 19:30. The idea is that the faithful who will come to this service can return home before the curfew.more

A man has been shot dead by police after opening fire from the steps of New York City’s Cathedral Church of St John the Divine just after an outdoor choir performance.more

"We can affirm - explains Cardinal Penitentiary Major, Mauro Piacenza, referring to mobile phones - the probable invalidity of the absolution given through these means. In fact, the real presence of the penitent is missing and there is no real transmission of the words of absolution; it is only vibrations. electric that reproduce the human word ".more

The four UK governments have announced their plans to enable families to celebrate Christmas together. So how is the festive period likely to be different this year?more

Women are being offered controversial "virginity tests" at British medical clinics, an investigation by BBC Newsbeat and 100 Women has found.more

There is a "strong case to be made" that a house excavated in Nazareth, Israel, was the childhood home of Jesus, according to an archaeologist.more

The ski jump in Willingen, Germany, will be used for a unique event this year. On Christmas Eve there will be a ... Holy Mass. In this way, the parish priest wants to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection among the faithful.more

A group of more than 100 church leaders has launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to force places of worship to stop services during the second lockdown. more

Fr. Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz, former Catholic metropolitan of Wrocław for many years. The clergyman died today at the age of 97 in Wrocław.more

35 percent Poles have a positive attitude towards the Church, and 32 percent negative; 31 percent assesses it as neutral - results from a poll conducted by IBRiS for Monday's Rzeczpospolita.more

Pope Francis assured today of his closeness to the victims of pedophilia and all abuses. He stressed the Church's commitment to "eradicate this evil". During the general audience, he referred to the Vatican's report on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the USA.more

The Catholic Church in England and Wales put its reputation ahead of the welfare of children who have been victims of sexual abuse, according to the Independent Inquiry into Sexual Violence Against Children (IICSA) report released yesterday.more

Punished by Pope Francis for pedophilia, former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick from the USA, expelled from the priesthood, in a letter to the secretary of John Paul II, Bishop Stanisław Dziwisz in 2000, assured of his innocence and rejected the accusations; the Pope read the letter, announced the Vatican.more

TVN24 showed yesterday a document that raises a number of questions related to the role of Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz in covering up many pedophilic scandals around the world. Let us recall: Dziwisz was the personal secretary of Pope John Paul II in the years 1978–2005 and the "gray eminence" of the Vatican.more

The German services have noted a significant increase in the number of Poles seeking refuge in Berlin from homophobia, and recently also a conservative abortion policy. Scientists from the University of Oxford also informed about the "new, liberal emigration" from Poland, pointing to a large increase in the emigration of LGBT Poles to Great Britain.more

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has joined the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Catholic leader Cardinal Vincent Nichols and other senior faith figures in appealing to the Prime Minister to allow public worship to continue under the new lockdown. From Thursday, places of worship are due to be shut for a month except for private prayer. more

65 percent of respondents in the survey for "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" misjudge the role of the Catholic Church in public life, the daily reports today.more

A suspect has been arrested after the shooting of a Greek Orthodox priest outside his church in the French city of Lyon.more

Due to the growing number of coronavirus infections, there will be no Holy Mass this year in Poland. and processions in cemeteries. According to the decrees issued by the bishops in the individual dioceses, the eucharist will be celebrated in the churches.more

Appeals from Muslim countries for a boycott of French products or the resignation of important politicians, according to commentators in France, are a reaction to the fight against Islamism announced by Paris and the promotion of its worldview, democracy and culture.more

Prezeska Fundacji "Domy Wspólnoty Chleb Życia", która słynie z opieki nad ludźmi odrzuconymi społecznie, napisała emocjonalny post na swoim profilu na Facebooku. To jej reakcja na wyrok Trybunału Konstytucyjnego, który uznał za niezgodną z prawem aborcję z powodu trwałych i nieodwracalnych wad płodu. more

After promises from the French authorities that they would tackle terrorism and the subversive activities of Islamists, commentators in the country pointed out that the rule of law creates a situation in which "Islamists draw knives against us and we hand them a shield."more