Polish

Paczki Day brings Chicagoans together for one last indulgence before Lent

By Emily McFarlan Miller — February 25, 2020
CHICAGO (RNS) — By 7 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 25), 17 people stood in line at Kolatek’s Bakery, wrapping around the produce section of the store, ready to buy the fried dough stuffed with a myriad of jams and custards. A signal that Lent is a day away — and today is one last chance to feast.

Parliament’s action imperils Polish-Jewish relations

By Agnieszka Markiewicz — February 5, 2018
WARSAW, Poland (RNS) — The ultimate cause of the current crisis is that Poland has not sufficiently confronted its past.

Film explores hidden history of World War II: the rape of nuns

By Kimberly Winston — July 9, 2016
(RNS) A long-hidden World War II atrocity gets attention in an acclaimed new film.

Defrocked gay Vatican official says he has no regrets

By Rosie Scammell — November 12, 2015
ROME (RNS) Krzysztof Charamsa came out as gay following a long career as a priest that included 12 years as an official in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican’s doctrinal enforcement body.
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