Poland
How the Catholic Church’s crash in Poland brought down the Law and Justice party
By Anna Piela — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — With an exodus of young people, the Polish church may be facing the ‘Irish scenario.’
Book: The world is losing its religion. Revival is unlikely.
By Yonat Shimron — June 6, 2023
(RNS) — In ‘Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society,’ three sociologists lay out a theory that can be summed up in a simple phrase: Modernization creates problems for religion.
Do it today
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 9, 2022
(RNS) — An obscure quote in an old Polish synagogue sent me on the search for the meaning of life.
Jewish volunteers bond with Ukrainian kids at summer camp
By Vanessa Gera — August 1, 2022
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — With the war about to enter its sixth month, the camp at the Lauder Morasha School in Warsaw reflects the type of programming being developed to meet the changing needs of refugees.
The patriotic Virgin: How Mary’s been marshaled for religious nationalism and military campaigns
By Dorian Llywelyn — July 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — Many religions have been used to prop up nationalism, and Catholicism is no exception, as a Jesuit priest and scholar explains.
An old synagogue in Krakow could heal our social ills
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 29, 2022
(RNS) — From the cobblestone streets, a lesson in religious (and cultural) diversity.
Poland and the Jews. It’s complicated.
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, these bones can live.
While focusing on Ukraine, don’t forget the rest of the world
By Thomas Reese — April 26, 2022
(RNS) — Ukraine is one of many connected crises around the world.
‘I hate the Russians’
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 21, 2022
(RNS) — Can you blame a Ukrainian Jewish refugee for not singing ‘Kumbaya’?
For rabbis visiting the border with Ukraine, Passover has a whole new meaning
By Yonat Shimron — April 14, 2022
(RNS) — In Poland, the group of 30 rabbis saw a modern-day example of what it’s like to flee from a pharaoh they called Putin into a land that may not be promised, but may provide a measure of safety.
Polish Catholic community houses Ukrainian refugees as US agencies urge action
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 23, 2022
(RNS) — Agency leaders are applauding news the U.S. is expected to welcome up to 10,000 Ukrainians.
US Jews furiously raise money, send delegations to help Ukraine
By Yonat Shimron — March 12, 2022
(RNS) — Thousands, if not millions, of American Jews can trace their ancestors back to Ukraine and feel a special connection to the place, even if it brings up a complicated past.
Pope Francis ties support for peace in Ukraine to Ash Wednesday’s start of Lent
By Claire Giangravé — March 2, 2022
(RNS) — Pope Francis praised Poland for opening its heart and borders to refugees fleeing Ukraine during his audience on Wednesday.
Polish official fired after calling Holocaust law ‘stupid’
By Associated Press — January 10, 2022
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish diplomat charged with improving contacts with Jews worldwide has been fired after he criticized his own government’s approach to regulating Holocaust speech, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Jaroslaw Nowak, the plenipotentiary for contacts with the Jewish diaspora described a Holocaust speech law passed by his country’s ruling party as […]
Iraqi baby buried as death toll in EU-Belarus crisis grows
By Vanessa Gera — November 24, 2021
Poland has ordered a state of emergency along its border to stop migrants from coming through, and to keep family — or smugglers — from approaching the border to facilitate their travel further west.
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