The Black Madonna shrine in the southern Polish city of Częstochowa attracted 3.6 million pilgrims in 2023. According to the shrine’s press office, the number is 1.1 million higher than in 2022.

Worshipped for over 600 years, this unique painting of the Virgin Mary and Jesus has fascinated people for ages and still inspires heated discussions among scholars regarding such fundamental issues ...

The Black Madonna emerges as a transcendent symbol, ... Places like Montserrat in Spain, Częstochowa in Poland, and Rocamadour in France draw pilgrims seeking spiritual solace.

Polish court acquits activists who put LGBTQ rainbow as halos on image of Virgin Mary and Jesus The posters, which they distributed in the city of Plock in 2019, were meant to protest what was ...

The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Poland and World Youth Day celebrations (all times local): 11:45 a.m.

WARSAW, Poland — The trial of three activists who distributed posters depicting Poland’s Black Madonna icon with a rainbow halo will resume next month following a tumultuous opening hearing.

Polish police say Elżbieta Podlesna put up posters of the revered Black Madonna that showed the Virgin Mary and Jesus with rainbows from the LGBT flag as the halos. Now she could face two years ...

When Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, he placed the prize before the icon of the Black Madonna, paying tribute to the Queen of Poland.

The Marian shrine, located about 25 miles north of Philadelphia, was established in 1955 by a Polish priest from the Order of ...

A man hurled cans of paint at Poland’s most sacred icon on Sunday in an attack that failed to damage the Black Madonna of Jasna Gora but shocked many in the staunchly Catholic country. The 58… ...

The Black Madonna in Breda has been defaced and vandalised with the letters BLM. The mosaic is dedicated to Polish soldiers of General Maczek who liberated the city in 1944 from the German Nazis.