European Catholic and Protestant leaders have joined in a statement pleading for an end to the war in Ukraine, and help for refugees fleeing from the violence.

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich and Rev. Christian Krieger, the presidents of the
Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) respectively, issued the statement from Poland, on the Ukrainian border, where they were visiting shelters set up for the refugees.