There are numerous stories of Catholics from Nazi-occupied countries who put themselves at risk to save the lives of Jewish people, said Jolanta Zamecka, vice chair of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.
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Families, Women Religious in Poland Open Their Lives to Ukrainian Refugees
During February and March, Warsaw train stations were overflowing with women and children, refugees from the war in Ukraine.
At Caritas Warehouse in Poland, Supplies for Ukraine Are Scarce
In a cavernous warehouse on the edge of Lublin, Piotr Piskorski sees too much empty space, especially near the pallets of baby formula, canned soups and vegetables and individual servings of instant noodles.
Many Roma Refugees Are Stuck in Temporary Shelters, Activists in Poland Say
Lacking documents, fearing violence, and needing a host country, many Roma fleeing Ukraine are not able to leave temporary shelters, said two human rights experts in Poland.
Polish Archbishop Updates Pope on aid to Ukraine Refugees
Polish Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan told Pope Francis that the Catholic Church in Poland is continuing its efforts to assist the countless refugees from Ukraine fleeing Russia’s destructive war in the country.
Newly Ordained Father Radko Stuck in Ukraine For Weeks
Father Volodymyr Radko had one of the best days of his life — and one of the worst — in a span of just 12 days. On Feb. 12, he was ordained at St. Sophia Church on the campus of Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, the city where he was born. On Feb. 24, the Russian invasion of Ukraine began.
Ukrainian Refugees Find a Welcome in Polish Convents
The Polish Conference of Major Superiors of Women said March 15 that an estimated 18,000 refugees from Ukraine were receiving spiritual, psychological, medical and material help at 924 convents in Poland and that close to 500 of those communities are sheltering almost 3,000 adults — mostly women — and more than 3,000 children.
Displaced Ukrainians Find Shelter in Lviv Churches, Schools, Orphanage
The massive movement of women and children fleeing Russian bombardments in Eastern Ukraine has led hundreds of thousands of them to Lviv, less than 50 miles from the Polish border.
A Million Refugees, No Refugee Camps: Poles Open Homes to Ukrainians
Refugees crossing the border with Poland are welcomed with a greeting from the Border Patrol: “You are safe now.”
Polish Cardinal, Blind Franciscan who Knew Each Other Beatified Together
The archbishop who steered Poland’s Catholic Church through communist rule and a blind Franciscan nun who founded one of Europe’s foremost centers for the sight-impaired took a step closer to sainthood Sept. 12.