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A woman walks in the rain in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 24, 2022. The United Nations Security Council is considering an international intervention in Haiti to open up an aid corridor.

Haitian priest says conditions in country are ‘unacceptable, intolerable, and inconceivable’

Aug 16, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Father Baudelaire Martial, CSC, said many parishes in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, including the city’s cathedral, have been forced to close due... Read more

People flee their neighborhoods on May 2, 2024, after armed gangs terrorized the Delmas 24 and Solino areas on the night of May 1 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Haiti in danger of ‘a real genocide,’ priest warns

May 9, 2024

By Ana Paula Morales

“The people [of Haiti] who are crying out for help today need men and women of goodwill from all countries... Read more

Archbishop of Port-au-Prince Max Leroy Mésidor.

Catholic Church in Haiti holds day of prayer for release of 6 kidnapped nuns, others

Jan 24, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

A day of prayer, meditation, and Eucharistic adoration was held Jan. 24 to intercede for the release of the people... Read more

Sister Paësie, foundress of the Kizito Family.

This religious community helps impoverished children in Haiti

Jul 6, 2022

By Leonardo Colon

After nearly 20 years as a Missionary of Charity, Sister Paësie founded the Kizito Family, a religious community that serves... Read more

A tent camp in Haiti.

Haitian archbishop demands release of abducted Catholics

Apr 14, 2021

The Archbishop of Port-au-Prince has called for the release of 10 people who were kidnapped in Haiti on Sunday and... Read more

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Alessandro Allori, “The Presentation of Mary,” 1598.

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Archbishop Philip Anyolo of the Nairobi Archdiocese in Kenya.

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Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Wednesday general audience on Nov. 20, 2024, at the Vatican.

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Before the wooden coffin is closed, Pope Benedict XVI’s personal secretary Archbishop Georg Gänswein and Monsignor Diego Giovanni Ravelli, the Vatican’s lead master of ceremonies for papal liturgies, place a white veil over the late pope’s face. The action on Jan. 4, 2023, is part of the funeral rites for popes.

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