From In the News: Quirkies: Polish lace makers get saucy

Lace makers in a sleepy Polish village have come up with a novel way of injecting new life into their business —“ by making risque lingerie.

But the decision by workers in Koniakow, who previously supplied ceremonial robes for John Paul II, has been condemned by the Catholic church.

Local priests claim that the switch to lacy g-strings and bras has brought shame upon a national tradition, but Malgorzata Stanszek, who set up the venture, says that the money flooding in is helping to fund the church.

“If we listened to everything the priest says, we wouldn’t earn a penny,” she said.