Stock Photo - Hundreds of Polish pilgrims pray during the procession at the Polish-Czech border near the town of Szklarska Poreba, Poland, October 7, 2017. Polish Catholics held rosaries and prayed together along the country's 3,500-kilometer border, appealing to the Virgin Mary and God for salvation for Poland and the world. The unusual ""Rosary on the Borders"" event was organized by lay Catholics but was also endorsed by Polish church authorities, with 320 churches from 22 dioceses taking part. The prayers took place from the Baltic Sea coast in the north to the mountains along Poland's southern borders with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and all along the border of this country of 38 million where more than 90 percent declare themselves Roman Catholics. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)