Paulina Guzik

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Pictured is "A Plate of the Survivors," designed by Polish Dominican Fr. Tomasz Bilka and crafted by Polish artists Anna Bogdanowicz and Zuzanna Surma as a sign of the pain of abuse victims. (OSV News/Wiez Magazine/Zbigniew Nosowski)

Outrage in Poland prompts Vatican to give reason for Catholic bishop's resignation

The announcement that Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Archbishop Andrzej Dziega of Szczecin-Kamien with no explanation in a Feb. 24 statement from the apostolic nunciature caused a bittersweet reaction in Poland.

A mosaic featuring a woman wearing a white coif and black veil with arms around flames

Abuse victim asks pope to hear 'adults who were wronged,' show 'the way' in Rupnik case

It took 10 months for the Vatican to reopen Fr. Marko Rupnik's case -- from the first reports on the case of Slovenian mosaic artist in December 2022 and the first alleged victims' testimonies at that time, to dismissal of the priest from the Jesuit order in July, to public outrage after his incardination into a Slovenian diocese.

 

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