According to Poland’s Border Guard, almost 327,000 people have entered the country from Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion on Feb. 24.
Poland, a Central European country with a population of 38 million, shares a 332-mile border with Ukraine, an Eastern European nation of 44 million people.
Catholic organizations in Poland are helping tens of thousands of refugees, providing them with beds, housing, psychological support, food, and clothing.
A collection for Ukraine was held in churches across the country on Sunday, Feb. 27, and a further collection will take place on Ash Wednesday, March 2.
The collections are being taken in response to a Feb. 24 appeal by Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference.
His call to Poland’s Catholics to offer shelter to people fleeing the Russian invasion was reiterated on Feb. 25 by the permanent council of the bishops’ conference.
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