Poles buy periscopes for glimpse of pope
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Have trouble seeing the pope from the back row of a crowd of approximately 900,000 people?
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Poles prayed for Pope John Paul II in the church where he was baptized. Australian pilgrims sang songs as they held vigil outside his hospital in Rome. Mexicans gathered in churches before dawn to light candles.
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Couple granted audience with Benedict XVI in St Peter's Square
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...
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Remembering Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski, 1932-2007
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A larger-than-life image of Pope Benedict XVI beams down at passers-by from billboards around Vienna. But few Austrians are smiling back.
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VATICAN CITY  Man tried to jump into popemobile  A man tried to jump into Pope Benedict XVI's uncovered popemobile as the pontiff began his general audience today in St. Peter's Square and was wrestled to the ground by security officers.
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As customers flock to buy brightly colored baubles and flashing lights, some church leaders hope the new interest in Christmas will lead to interest in Christianity.
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Pope Benedict XVI calls on the media to be more ethical and focus on the dignity of the human being.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict, continuing a   nostalgic visit to the German city where he served as   archbishop, on Sunday celebrates an outdoor mass expected to   draw hundreds of thousands of people.
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Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is paying a few-hour working visit to Vilnius, Lithuania on Friday. via People's Daily Online
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A photo of a bonfire taken by a Polish construction worker is creating a stir for the resemblance of the flames to a silhouette of the country's beloved son, the late Pope John Paul II.
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About 270,000 people on Friday attended a Mass by Pope Benedict XVI in the same Warsaw square where his predecessor had inspired Poland&#039;s Solidarity movement against communist rule a quarter-century before.
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Pope Benedict XVI is flanked by Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel, left, and violinist Hilary Hahn, from Lexington, Virginia, following a concert in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Monday, April 16, 2007, ... via The Boston Globe
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Â· Mayor reaches out to Polish voters in capital  Â· Pork and pierogi at City Hall to woo community
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Pope Benedict XVI visits Wadowice, the Polish town where his predecessor John Paul II grew up.
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For more than two decades he was Pope John Paul II&#039;s confidant and the Vatican&#039;s public face. A usually unflappable Spaniard, Joaquin Navarro-Valls struggled to hold back tears as the Polish pontiff lay on his deathbed.