Polish Catholics get a new leader as the church struggles to reckon with sexual abuse
Warsaw, Poland AP The leaders of Poland’s influential Catholic Church on Thursday chose moderate Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda to be their new principal, at a time when the church is still struggling to reckon with the abuse of minors by some Polish clergy, while the number of Poles going to church has fallen sharply. At a two-day […]
John Paul abuse claims trigger angry reactions in Poland
Warsaw, PolandAP Fallout from a TV report alleging that St John Paul II covered up clergy sex abuse cases escalated Thursday, with Poland’s Catholic Church and lawmakers defending him as one of the greatest Poles ever and the government “inviting” the US ambassador for talks. A report this week on TVN24, which is owned by […]
Local churches shun Vatican’s moderate stance on Russia
Rome, ItalyAP The head of the Polish Catholic bishops’ conference has done what Pope Francis has so far avoided doing: He publicly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and urged the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to use his influence with Vladimir Putin to demand an end to the war and for Russian soldiers to […]
Polish bishops defend John Paul II after McCarrick report
Warsaw, PolandAP Polish bishops defended St John Paul II on Friday against evidence that he rejected reports that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick slept with his seminarians, seeking to salvage a papal legacy that has been badly tarnished by his inaction on clergy sexual abuse. The head of the Polish bishops conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, said in […]