Catholic church Archives

The golden lion roars from Cracow

TFP logo, a lion on a red background. Source: Reporters Foundation

How can Our Lady of Fatima holy cards distributed in Poland add up to hundreds of thousands of euros that have been invested in a radically conservative organization in Lithuania? Our cross-border investigation.

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30.12.2020

Salve Maria, or millions made in Poland

Catholic church, Ordo Iuris, right wing

March for Life and Family, 20.09.2020, Warsaw. Photo by Reporters Foundation

The amounts funneled over several years by the founders of Poland’s Ordo Iuris to radical Catholic organisations overseas reach ten million euros. The discovery came as a result of our international investigation.

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28.12.2020

The Golden Boys of Fatima

Catholic church, finance, Ordo Iuris, right wing

Fernando Antunez Aldunate (center) and Jędrzej Stępkowski (right), prominent members of Piotr Skarga Foundation Institute of Social and Religious Education during a March for Life and Family, 20.09.2020, Warsaw. Photo by Reporters Foundation

Tens of millions of zlotys, expensive properties, and a behind-the-scenes war for influence and money – we reveal the financial dealings of an empire built in Poland by a group of Catholic fundamentalists.

Konrad Szczygieł

20.11.2020

Ordo Iuris and Friends: the games around the abortion ban in Poland

Catholic church, human rights, Ordo Iuris, right wing

A protests at Warsaw’s historic PAST building, where Ordo Iuris’s elegant office occupies one of the floors. Photo by Konrad Szczygieł

Who influenced the the Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s decision to ban abortion?

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12.11.2020

Poland shocked by a documentary on Catholic church child sexual abuse scandal

Catholic church, Poland, scandal, sexual abuse

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“Tell No One” was released on Saturday, 12th of May. The film reveals new cases of catholic priests sexually abusing children and high-ranking members of the clergy protecting the abusers, not the victims.The documentary was entirely crowd-funded and is available on YouTube. In just four days it gathered more than 15 million views. Poland is […]

Krzysztof Story

16.05.2019