Christmas Eve

Christmas is one of the most celebrated events in a year. Especially the Polish nation treats it as a possibility to meet with the family. The most important day is the Christmas Eve, when everyone meet and dine near to Christmas tree that is a symbol of a Christ that is "the light of the world".

Cardinal Joseph Glemp with the Order of the White Eagle

Well known Polish Cardinal – Joseph Glemp was given the Order of the White Eagle. Lech Kaczyński awarded the cardinal himself in the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.

John Paul II will be saint

Benedict XVI has signed a decree presuming John Paul II as a saint person. This signature closed first part of the beatification of Polish pope. There was also signed a decree on martyrdom of priest Jerzy Popiełuszko, killed by the secret police in communist Poland.

Witness to John Paul’s II miracle

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan revealed that he had been witness of John Paul’s miracle – healing a child by previous pope.

Poland disagree with ECHR ruling

On 3rd November the European Court of Human Right made a ruling that crosses, traditional symbols of Christian religion, shall be removed from Italian schools. Despite the fact that it does not require that Poland remove the crosses that hang in most public schools, but it has met with strong political resistance.