When Karol Wojtyla Refused to Baptize an Orphan
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As a Young Priest, He Respected Identity of Jewish Child. As a priest, Karol Wojtyla refused to baptize a Jewish child who had been entrusted to a Catholic family in Nazi-occupied Poland, out of respect for the ...
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POCZERNIN, Poland -- This wind-swept village is bracing for an invasion of demons, thanks to a priest who believes he can defeat Satan.
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Poland has blocked moves by other EU leaders to create a European day against the death penalty. Other EU interior and justice ministers want to name October 10th as the day to mark the abolition of capital punishment in the 27 nation bloc - a move which needed unanimous support. Poland's conservative Roman Catholic leaders, the twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, have argued for a broader event, also condemning abortion and euthanasia.
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A woman is ordained to the Catholic priesthood. Not surprisingly, the hierarchy does not approve.
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People in Pope John Paul II's Polish hometown prayed Wednesday for their most famous son as coverage of his hospitalization dominated front pages and airwaves.
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In Poland, the mood is mixed. Three of four Poles questioned by The Associated Press said they would not vote even if they could.
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Government officials in Belarus have refused to allow the use of a cowshed for the religious services of a Protestant charismatic group, the Forum 18 news service reports.
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: I'm an atheist but still I resent this joker in Rome slighting my community. A residual theological chauvinism is aroused.
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Financial problems are threatening the completion of a Warsaw church meant to commemorate the late Pope John Paul II and the fall of communism.
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Poland will uphold its veto of Russia -EU negotiations toward broader economic cooperation if Russia imposes sanctions against Poland in a meat export row, Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski warned on ...Comment
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A U.S. judge denied on Friday a request from the Polish government for the extradition of a Chicago businessman accused of soliciting the 1998 murder of a former Warsaw police chief, and ordered the man set free.
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He was viewed by the current Ukrainian administration as a mere problem to be solved. His views and ideas could not be allowed to propagate, for that would challenge the status quo.
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A document that surfaced recently in church archives has revived debate about a contentious post-World War II issue: the Vatican's attempt to keep hold of some Jewish children who were protected from the Nazis by Christian families.
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The Vatican has raised the age of a Polish cardinal to 81 &#151; making him ineligible to vote in a conclave for a pope &#151; after he acknowledged lying about his age during World War II to escape being sent to a German labor camp.
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Parishioners of St. Mary s Ukrainian Catholic Church did not know in the fading warmth of autumn that they would celebrate Christmas Day in another congregation s church.
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A case before the European Court of Human Rights is being seen as a landmark that could force Poland to compensate Holocaust survivors and their descendants for their material losses.
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Maybe Susan B. Anthony and Sacagawea should not take public rejection personally. It's not easy overcoming people's indifference to dollar coins, even those honoring such historic figures.