Poland marks 80th anniversary of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw, Poland Reuters Eighty years on from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising – the largest Jewish revolt against Nazi Germany during World War II – Poland marked the heroism of those who took part with a warning to the world against sowing hatred. In 1940, German Nazi occupiers corralled over 400,000 Jews into a small section […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy aims for Western warplane coalition; Russians pressure Bakhmut
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a trip to Warsaw on Wednesday that Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv, adding that Ukrainian troops were still fighting for Bakhmut in the east but could withdraw if they risked being cut off. Neighbouring Poland is a […]
Poland marches defend John Paul II from abuse cover-up claim
Warsaw, Poland AP Thousands of Poles joined marches Sunday in defence of the late pope, St John Paul II, following a TV documentary that alleged he covered up child sex abuse involving clergy in his native Poland before his election as pontiff. The marches took place in Warsaw and other cities on the 18th anniversary of John […]
“I want to go back to Ukraine”: A year into Ukraine war, older refugees running out of hope
AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA AND KACPER PEMPEL, of Reuters, report on the impact the ongoing war in Ukraine is having on elderly Ukrainian refugees…
Biden says Ukraine ‘stands strong’ a year after Russian invasion
Warsaw, Poland/Moscow, RussiaReuters US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday Ukraine “stands strong” a year after the Russian invasion and that Moscow would never defeat its neighbour, speaking hours after the Kremlin suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty over the West’s support for Kyiv. Biden gave a speech at Warsaw’s Royal Castle in Poland […]
Ukrainians mark Orthodox Christmas in Europe with a prayer to return home
Warsaw, Poland, Berlin, Germany Reuters Victoria, a Ukrainian refugee, is celebrating Orthodox Christmas in Poland with a simple prayer – that next year she will be back at home. The 40-year-old is one of the millions of Ukrainians who have fled the Russian invasion of their homeland and are marking the holiday with mixed emotions […]
In the US, woman buoyed by support after viral pastor confrontation
United StatesAP Bobi Gephart hadn’t planned to go to church that Sunday – not to the worship service where the pastor intended to make a confession about the oppressive secret she had carried for so long. But she quickly changed her mind, realising she couldn’t trust the pastor – the man she says began sexually […]
Ukraine conflict: Polish Catholic community houses refugees as US agencies urge action
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on how the Polish Catholic community has responded to help some of the millions of refugees who have left Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on 24th February and why US agencies are calling for that country to take greater action…
Eastern Europe under strain as Ukraine refugees keep coming
Medyka, Poland/Prague, Czech RepublicReuters Eastern Europe’s efforts to aid Ukrainians came under strain on Friday, with some cities running out of accommodation as the number of refugees passed 2.5 million and fighting in their homeland. Relief work in frontline states – Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary and Moldova – has mainly been shouldered by ordinary citizens […]
Polish volunteers worry Ukraine refugee wave may become overwhelming
Warsaw, MoscowReuters Grzegorz Patyk and nearly two dozen friends started driving Ukrainian refugees between the Polish border and temporary housing a day after Russia invaded Ukraine on 24th February. A translator from the southern Polish city of Krakow, he is one of the thousands of Poles who have jumped in to help the swelling wave […]