Polish voters hear Church's voice
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An influential Catholic radio station symbolises the Church's power as Poles prepare to vote, Adam Easton reports.
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Established by immigrants and self-governed by a lay board that manages its assets, St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church has been a place where Polish-Americans in St. Louis have nurtured their faith for 125 years.
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In a U.S. election campaign where presidential candidates from both major parties have talked openly about their Christian faith, some non-Christians feel shut out or turned off.
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Nearly three years after the scandal of clergy sexual abuse of minors exploded nationwide, the lingering impact may lead to an upset in leadership of the Catholic Church in an election today.
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Poland signaled on Wednesday it could accept a European Union voting system it has battled against for months, provided it receives a stronger say in the 27-nation bloc's deliberations.
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By Hurst Laviana, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--About 300 people rallied outside the Episcopal Social Services building Saturday as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offered his support for the imperiled charity.
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Polish MPs are to vote shortly on a motion whether to dissolve parliament and hold elections two years early.
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Pope Benedict XVI encouraged prayers Friday for the beatification of his predecessor, Pope John Paul II, an eagerly awaited remark on a cause close to the hearts of many Poles.
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A new group called Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good said yesterday that it will distribute at least 1 million voter guides before the Nov. 7 elections, emphasizing church teachings on war, poverty and social justice as well as on abortion, contraception and homosexuality.
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Poles began voting on Sunday in a snap parliamentary election that could cost the ruling Kaczynski twins their full grip on government in the European Union's biggest former communist country.
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MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa  - The church basement was filled with families celebrating the festival of the Virgin of Guadalupe, but everyone around the table was talking about the U.S. election.
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People in Poland will shortly begin voting in a parliamentary election called two years ahead of schedule.
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A Roman Catholic radio station that has been accused of anti-Semitism and criticized by the Vatican was praised Thursday by the prime minister as a source of "comfort and hope" for Poles.
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WARSAW (International Herald Tribune) - The text message spread with viral speed among the cellphones of Polish teens. With national parliamentary elections coming up Sunday, kids had a clear mission: "Steal your grandmother's ID," the text jokingly implored. The message referred to the conventional wisdom here that conservative older women put the ruling Law and Justice Party and the Kaczynski brothers - the notorious twins with the round faces of aging cherubs who are prime minister and president - into office. Without their identity cards, the grandmothers would not be able to vote. If granny does not vote, the government could be driven from office.  Teenagers guffawed. The Kaczynskis fumed. Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said that those who repeated the message "act against you and also against the Polish nation." The small Polish Peasants Party quickly ran its own advertisement in which a grandmother catches her grandson in the act of snatching her identity card. She tells there's no need for him to steal it, because she plans to vote for the Peasants Party and not Law and Justice. In the previous 2005 election, Law and Justice benefited from low voter turnout, needing only 3.2 million votes in a country of 38 million to take control of government in a coalition with several smaller parties. The most recent coalition fell apart over a contentious scandal-filled summer, leading to early elections this weekend.  Opponents are counting on a strong turnout by younger voters this time around. The latest opinion polls show Civic Platform, a free-market, pro-European rival party, poised to win the election Sunday. But polls here have proved highly unreliable, skewed by the country's historically lethargic turnout, which was a little over 40 percent in the elections two years ago.
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Pope Benedict XVI began a four-day visit to Poland to a welcome less exuberant than that given to his Polish-born predecessor John Paul II and some disappointment among the country&#039;s Jewish community.
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Leader of Samoobrona Andrzej Lepper speaks to the media at the Polish parliament in Warsaw on October 10.Comment
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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.