News from Europe

Someone phoned me yesterday and explained the feelings found in Poland and Lithuania over the fighting in the Ukraine. Ukrainian flags are being flown in Poland as a sign of unity with that country, and both Poles and Lithuanians are nervous about the Russian belligerence. I do not think that Americans understand what is happening abroad at all. I was glad for this first-hand account from someone who has been talking with young people involved in politics in Poland.

Many of the peoples of Eastern Europe believe that Putin wants to restore the old Soviet Union as it was.

I suggest we pray to St. John Paul II concerning this possible huge problem.