Poland's newest archbishop has appealed for greater social sensitivity to inequality and exclusion in his country."I regret that Catholic social teaching has been so much ignored here in recent years, after providing such inspiration at the start of Poland's [post Cold War] transformation," said Archbishop-elect Jozef Kupny whom Pope Francis named last weekend to head the western Polish archdiocese of Wroclaw.
"We urgently need to reshape the sensitivity of Christians to social issues. This should be a great area of church mission today, especially for lay people and in a time of crisis."
Poland's child poverty rates are the EU's highest and family life is among the least subsidised in the EU.