Kamil Cierniak lived with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a terminal illness, for 26 years. Despite the disease, he studied in multiple departments of Krakow’s universities in Poland. In 2015 Kamil was asked to become a director of the documentary on the international pilgrimage of the Order of Malta to Lourdes sanctuary.
Despite disability, young man directs film — in Lourdes, France
Photos of the Week: March 27, 2023
In the spotlight: Pope meets clown-therapists, Laetare Medal winner, cyclone strikes Malawi
Polish bishops defend St. John Paul II, form commission to investigate ‘full picture’ of archives
The bishops of Poland defended the late pope after a Polish TV station report said there was a “cover up” of abuse when Cardinal Wojtyla was Krakow’s archbishop.
Biden attends Ash Wednesday Mass celebrated in Warsaw hotel room by anti-communist priest
Biden concluded his three-day visit to Poland, which followed a Feb. 20 surprise visit to Ukraine.
‘If we die, we will die together’: Women religious are pillars of peace in war-torn Ukraine
“We couldn’t leave those poor people alone,” Orionine Sister Renata Jurczak said. “We had to help them.”
Nation/World news briefs: Sept. 12, 2022
In focus: Michigan abortion law, war reparations for Poland, youth rounded up in Eritrea
Photos of the Week: June 20, 2022
In the spotlight: Papal meeting with Buddhists, Corpus Christi, St. Bernadette relics
Religion at Auschwitz: Prayer gave prisoners hope, historian says
In a wide-ranging interview, historian Teresa Wontor-Cichy spoke about the role religion — especially prayer —played at the camp and warned horrors similar to the Holocaust could recur if people close their eyes to injustice.