A STATE IN COLLAPSE – Missionaries Alleviate Haiti’s Difficulties

One year after the installation of the Presidential Transitional Council (CTP), Father Marc-Henry Simรฉon, spokesperson for the Haitian Episcopal Conference, makes a rather somber assessment of the โ€˜achievementsโ€™ 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. โ€œThe state is progressively collapsing, leaving the door open to armed gangs that are expanding their area of โ€‹โ€‹control, especially in the capital,โ€ he says.

๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก’๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญo ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ – ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž?

๐€ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐‚๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ก, ๐š๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ.๐Ÿ’ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ž. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ “๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž” ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ž “๐œ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฏ๐ž,” ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  “๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š ๐ค๐ž๐ฒ,” ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐.

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.