Haiti Archives

Program provides children with small gifts, shares joy of Jesus’ birth

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 8, 2019

The annual Box of Joy program “is an opportunity to consciously take time out of the busy holiday season to focus on serving others and sharing the joy of Jesus’ birth,” said the head of the Florida-based organization that sponsors it.

Haitian bishops’ justice commission calls on president to step down

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Oct 8, 2019

As Port-au-Prince began its fourth week of paralysis due to serious social unrest, the Haitian bishops’ justice and peace commission called on President Jovenel Moise to step down.

Missionary nun says God hasn’t forgotten Haiti, but humanity has

Church in the Americas, Interviews
Oct 6, 2019

“We need to do something different to help children build a future, what we’ve done so far is not enough,” said Italian Sister Marcella Catozza, a Franciscan missionary who first began working in Haiti in 2004 after the fall of dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Pope names Archbishop Auza, Vatican rep at U.N., as nuncio to Spain

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 1, 2019

Pope Francis named Archbishop Bernardito Auza, who has represented the Vatican at the United Nations since 2014, to be nuncio to Spain and Andorra.

Woman religious makes inroads in eradicating cholera in Haiti

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Sep 15, 2019

Sister Larraine Lauter and her Water With Blessings organization work to eradicate cholera from Haiti.

Federal judge OKs $60 million settlement in Haitian orphanage abuse case

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Jun 11, 2019

A $60 million settlement to be paid by Fairfield University and several Catholic organizations and individuals will go to as many as 170 Haitian children at a Catholic orphanage who were abused by convicted pedophile Douglas Perlitz.