By visiting the Monastery of Jasna Góra and the Black Madonna of Częstochowa on Thursday, Pope Francis is making a statement about Poland, about John Paul II, and about the Church’s left/right ...

The Jasna Gora Monastery, Poland's most revered Catholic shrine, during a sunset in Czestochowa, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. As the ruling conservative Law and Justice party seeks to win an ...

Jasna Gora Monastery near Czestochowa is Poland's national shrine and has been a pilgrim destination since the Middle Ages. iStock Father Simon Stefanowicz wears a white robe, sunglasses and a scowl.

FILE - The Jasna Gora Monastery, Poland's most revered Catholic shrine, during a sunset in Czestochowa, Poland, on Sept. 23, 2023. The leaders of Poland’s influential Catholic Church on Thursday ...

A motorcycle pilgrimage to Jasna Góra began on Sunday at 11 a.m. The main point of the event was a holy mass at the meadows at the foot of the monastery. Ahead of the event the police had been ...

Pope St. John Paul II was intensely devoted to the Virgin Mary and to her icon at Czestochowa, making four pilgrimages to Jasna Góra while pope (1979, 1983, 1991 and 1997).

The Pauline Fathers, who founded Jasna Góra Monastery in 1382 and serve as guardians of the icon of Our Madonna of Częstochowa, prepared a candle for the prayer marathon. The size of a Paschal ...

The Jasna Góra monastery is a place of special historical and spiritual significance for the Polish people. Its heroic defence during a Swedish invasion in 1655 made it a national symbol.

Pope Saint John Paul II was intensely devoted to the Virgin Mary and to her icon at Częstochowa, making four pilgrimages to Jasna Góra while pope (1979, 1983, 1991, 1997).

Karol Nawrocki, a right-wing Polish presidential candidate, defended football fans who engaged in controversial chanting during a campaign event at the Jasna Góra monastery over the weekend. The ...

The copied scores in Jasna Gora’s archives were made for the monastery’s musical ensemble, active between the late 16 th and early 20 th centuries. At issue in the search is whether monastery ...