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Pope Francis walks through the gate of the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland, Friday, July 29, 2016. Pope Francis paid a somber visit to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau Friday, becoming the third consecutive pontiff to make the pilgrimage to the place where Adolf Hitler's forces killed more than 1 million people, most of them Jews. (Filippo Monteforte/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Frances visits Auschwitz, begs God to forgive ‘so much cruelty’

By Frances D'Emilio and Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

Pope Francis steps out from the plane as he arrives at the military airport in Krakow, Poland, Wednesday, July 27, 2016. The world is at war, but it is not a war of religions, Pope Francis said Wednesday as he traveled to Poland on his first visit to Central and Eastern Europe in the shadow of the slaying of a priest in France. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Pope Francis: The world’s at war, but not a war of religions

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

This is a Sunday, April 18, 2010 photo of The Wawel castle in Krakow, southern Poland. Pope Francis is coming to southern Poland from July 27-31 to meet with young people from around the globe who gather for the World Youth Day, which is being held July 25-31. Pope Francis will visit the castle during the visit. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Castles and death camps: Sites the pope will see in Poland

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

No Troops to Poland Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Obama must not send troops to Poland

By Jeremy Lott

This file photo taken just after the liberation by the Soviet army in January 1945 shows a group of children wearing concentration camp uniforms behind barbed wire fencing in the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) Nazi concentration camp. A 94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp is going on trial Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year in an 11th-hour push by German prosecutors to punish Nazi war crimes. (AP Photo)

Pope Francis to meet Holocaust survivors during Auschwitz visit

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

President Barack Obama makes a statement following a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda, Friday, July 8, 2016, at PGE National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland. Obama is in Warsaw to attend the NATO Summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to deploy 1,000 troops to Poland as warning to Russia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he makes a statement on the fatal police shootings of two black men in Louisiana and Minnesota after arriving in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, July 8, 2016. Obama traveled to Poland to attend the NATO summit and then will travel on to Spain. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama ‘troubled’ by Louisiana, Minnesota police shootings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Polish Army and U.S. Army soldiers attend the opening ceremony of the Anaconda-16 military exercise, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, June 6, 2016. Poland and some NATO members are launching their biggest ever exercise, involving some 31,000 troops, as central and eastern European nations are seeking strong security guarantees among concerns about Russia's assertiveness and actions. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Poland, NATO states hold major drill amid security fears

Associated Press

Critics, including top officials with the European Union, say the government of Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, in its haste to impose its conservative agenda, has run roughshod over democratic norms since taking power last fall, even trying to subvert the country's highest constitutional court. (Associated Press)

Beata Szydlo government’s Family 500+ baby subsidy polarizes Poland

By Karol Bulski - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on Poland's resistance to EU dissemination of Syrian refugees by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

FRED GEDRICH: Bill Clinton’s affront to Poland

By Fred Gedrich

Illustration on Obama's foreign policy inviting agression from rival powers by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Lack of U.S. commitment increases danger

By Victor Davis Hanson