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Cocaine found in Polish supermarket banana shipment [Apr 20, 2012] WARSAW (AFP) - A hundred kilogrammes of cocaine have been found in a shipment of bananas delivered to two hypermarkets owned by France's Auchan chain in southern Poland, local media reported Friday. Related Stories Catholic nuns group 'stunned' by Vatican slap Clinton urges tougher UN pressure on Syria Man killed by five-metre shark in S. Africa US calls for 'restraint' after Indian missile ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Jewish groups urge Vatican to sanction prominent Polish priest accused of anti-Semitism [Jun 28, 2011] VATICAN CITY - International Jewish groups have called on the Vatican to sanction a prominent Polish priest who they say uses his media empire to foment anti-Semitism. [via YahooNews] More >>

Jewish groups ask Vatican to punish Polish priest [Jun 28, 2011] VICTOR L. SIMPSON Associated Press VATICAN CITY International Jewish groups have called on the Vatican to sanction a prominent Polish priest who they say uses his media empire to foment anti-Semitism. They acted after the Rev. Tadeusz Rydzyk caused uproar in Poland by calling his country a totalitarian state that "hasn't been ruled by Poles since 1939." Though he did not mention Jews by name ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Jewish groups ask Vatican to punish Polish priest [Jun 28, 2011] International Jewish groups have called on the Vatican to sanction a prominent Polish priest who they say uses his media empire to foment anti-Semitism. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish government asks Vatican to censure outspoken priest [Jun 27, 2011] Poland's government has asked the Vatican to censure a radical and influential Polish priest after he described Poland as uncivilised and governed by a "totalitarian" regime during a meeting at the European Parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

John Paul blood placed in Polish church as relic [Jun 11, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland A relic containing the blood of the recently beatified Pope John Paul II has been placed in the altar of a new church in Krakow. John Paul, the Polish-born pope who remains deeply revered in his homeland, was beatified May 1 at the Vatican by his successor, Benedict XVI. With his beatification, the faithful are now able to venerate such ... [via YahooNews] More >>

John Paul blood placed in Polish church as relic [Jun 11, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland A relic containing the blood of the recently beatified Pope John Paul II has been placed in the altar of a new church in Krakow. John Paul, the Polish-born pope who remains deeply revered in his homeland, was beatified May 1 at the Vatican by his successor, Benedict XVI. With his beatification, the faithful are now able to venerate such ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Relic of newly beatified John Paul II _ his blood _ is placed in Polish church [Jun 11, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? A relic containing the blood of the recently beatified Pope John Paul II has been placed in the altar of a new church in Krakow. John Paul, the Polish-born pope who remains deeply revered in his homeland, was beatified May 1 at the Vatican by his successor, Benedict XVI. With his beatification, the faithful are now able to venerate such objects as relics. The Polish news agency ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poles fete beatification of \'their\' pope [May 01, 2011] WARSAW - Tens of thousands of faithful braved rain across Poland on Sunday to fete the Vatican's beatification of Pope John Paul II, still regarded as a moral authority by virtually all Poles six years after his death. Crowds of faithful clad in raingear massed around huge video screens beaming the beatification mass in St Peter's Square live in the capital Warsaw, the southern city of Krakow ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poles flock to Vatican for beatification of 'their' pope [Apr 26, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Travelling on a fleet of planes, trains and cars, more than 50,000 Poles are expected to flock to the Vatican for the beatification on Sunday of "their" saint-to-be, Polish-born pope John Paul II. [via YahooNews] More >>