Poland Opens its Homes, Churches, and Hearts to Ukrainian Refugees, by Filip Mazurczak 

Polish society has been generous in assisting Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression, and perhaps no institution has provided as much aid as the Catholic Church.

By Filip Mazurczak, Catholic World, March 16, 2022

Filip Mazurczak is a journalist, translator, and historian. His writing has appeared in the National Catholic Register, First Things, Tygodnik Powszechny, and other publications.

According to the most recent data from Poland’s border guard service, at the time of writing there are nearly two million Ukrainian refugees in the country. Polish society has been generous in assisting Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression, and perhaps no institution has provided as much aid as the Catholic Church. Not since Poland was under martial law forty years ago has the Polish Church provided works of mercy on such an enormous scale. …