A STATE IN COLLAPSE – Missionaries Alleviate Haiti’s Difficulties

One year after the installation of the Presidential Transitional Council (CTP), Father Marc-Henry Siméon, spokesperson for the Haitian Episcopal Conference, makes a rather somber assessment of the ‘achievements’ of this body, which was supposed to free the country from the insecurity caused by the criminal gangs that have plagued the country for decades. “The state is progressively collapsing, leaving the door open to armed gangs that are expanding their area of ​​control, especially in the capital,” he says.

𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡’𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭o 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 – 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞?

𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟏.𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 “𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞” 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞 “𝐜𝐮𝐦 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞,” 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 “𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲,” 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝.

MEMORIAL MASS FOR THE LATE PONTIFF – Macau bids farewell to Pope Francis

In a sober but joyful ceremony, hundreds of faithful gathered at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Our Lady early Tuesday evening for a Mass in memory of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88. The liturgy, celebrated by Bishop Stephen Lee Bun-sang in three languages – Cantonese, Portuguese and English – attracted a large number of faithful from different backgrounds, who prayed for the Argentine pontiff’s soul and asked God to welcome him into the immensity of his love.