The president of the Polish bishops conference told Pope Francis March 28 that the Catholic Church in Poland is continuing to assist at least 2.2 million refugees from neighboring Ukraine fleeing Russia s destructive war in the country.
Some 18,000 refugees from Ukraine were receiving spiritual, psychological, medical and material help at 924 convents in Poland and about half are sheltering almost 3,000 adults mostly women and more than 3,000 children.