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A historic Franciscan Baroque monastery is seen flooded Sept. 15, 2024, in Klodzko, Poland, as southwestern Poland suffered disastrous floods after torrential rains caused by Storm Boris. On the outside, the walls of the property were damaged, and inside, water flooded pews, altar, causing damage estimated at $3.5 million. (OSV News photo/courtesy Franciscans in Klodzko)

Historic Franciscan monastery under water as southwestern Poland suffers disastrous floods

The Polish bishops' conference expressed sympathy and prayers and appeals for funds after weekend flooding wreaked havoc across Central and Eastern Europe.

Bishop, in black cassock and purple zucchetto, talks on television.

Establishing Polish church's first investigative commission is 'about the truth,' bishop says

Taking over one of the most troubled dioceses in the country, Bishop Artur Wazny of Sosnowiec didn't waste time ahead of his June 22 installation.

Paolo Ruffini

Vatican communications prefect on using Rupnik art: 'I don't think we have to throw stones'

Removing Fr. Marko Rupnik's art from public space "is not a Christian response," Paolo Ruffini, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Communication, said at the Catholic Media Conference in Atlanta.

Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gdansk, Poland, speaks during a news conference in Warsaw after being elected the new president of the Polish bishops' conference March 14.

Top Polish archbishop accused of negligence in sex abuse case

In a first, 46 victims signed a letter about allegations of negligence Polish Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda — the first such large joint initiative of survivors of abuse in Poland that has been in a time of crisis since 2019.

Pictured is "A Plate of the Survivors," designed by Polish Dominican Fr. Tomasz Bilka and crafted by Polish artists Anna Bogdanowicz and Zuzanna Surma as a sign of the pain of abuse victims. (OSV News/Wiez Magazine/Zbigniew Nosowski)

Outrage in Poland prompts Vatican to give reason for Catholic bishop's resignation

The announcement that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Archbishop Andrzej Dziega of Szczecin-Kamien with no explanation in a Feb. 24 statement from the apostolic nunciature caused a bittersweet reaction in Poland.

A mosaic featuring a woman wearing a white coif and black veil with arms around flames

Abuse victim asks pope to hear 'adults who were wronged,' show 'the way' in Rupnik case

It took 10 months for the Vatican to reopen Fr. Marko Rupnik's case -- from the first reports on the case of Slovenian mosaic artist in December 2022 and the first alleged victims' testimonies at that time, to dismissal of the priest from the Jesuit order in July, to public outrage after his incardination into a Slovenian diocese.

 

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