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November 16, 2020 at 4:57 am

Venezuelan Olympian delivers food to support family VIEW

LODZ, Poland (AP) — Back home in Venezuela, Ruben Limardo Gascon is hailed as a national hero for winning a gold medal in fencing at...

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November 13, 2020 at 4:53 am

Polish bishops defend John Paul II after McCarrick report

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish bishops defended St. John Paul II on Friday against evidence that he rejected reports that ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick slept with...

November 3, 2020 at 4:37 am

Poland delays implementing abortion ruling amid protests VIEW

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s right-wing government is delaying the publication and implementation of a high court ruling that tightens the abortion law and that...

October 29, 2020 at 12:38 am

Poland: New protests as PM urges restraint amid virus spike VIEW

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — New protests broke out in Polish cities late Thursday against a recent high court ruling that tightens already strict abortion laws,...

October 27, 2020 at 3:42 am

Poland’s leader wants churches defended, condemns protests VIEW

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s powerful ruling party leader urged his supporters Tuesday to defend the predominantly Catholic nation's churches, potentially setting the stage for...

October 26, 2020 at 3:00 am

Angry women block traffic across Poland over abortion ban VIEW

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women’s rights activists and many thousands of supporters held a fifth day of protests across Poland on Monday, defying pandemic restrictions...

October 23, 2020 at 4:02 am

Poles vent fury at court’s further restrictions on abortions VIEW

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of protesters vented fury across Poland over a top court ruling that declared abortions of fetuses with congenital defects unconstitutional,...

Pro-choice activists from “Women Strike” attend a protest in front of Poland’s constitutional court, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Poland’s top court has ruled that a law allowing abortion of fetuses with congenital defects is unconstitutional. The decision by the country’s Constitutional Court effectively bans terminating pregnancies in cases where birth defects are found and will further limit access to abortions in Poland. Sign reads “stop tightening the law” (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski) XCS152

October 22, 2020 at 6:48 am

Poland’s top court rules out abortions due to fetal defects VIEW

The decision by the country’s Constitutional Court effectively bans terminating pregnancies in cases where birth defects are found and will further limit access to abortions...

October 21, 2020 at 6:56 am

Poland faces restriction upgrade, but no lockdown, PM says VIEW

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister signaled Wednesday that the whole country faces being placed on the highest restriction level short of a full...

October 15, 2020 at 8:36 am

Roman Polanski honors Poles who saved him from the Holocaust

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski returned to Poland, the country of his youth, and paid tribute on Thursday to a Polish couple...

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