Police in Haiti reportedly fired tear gas as dozens were participating in a “Mass for the freedom of Haiti” led by Catholic bishops on April 15 as part of an ongoing national protest against recent kidnappings of priests and others in the Caribbean nation. Nearly a dozen Catholic bishops and dozens of people were attending the mass at the Church of St. Peter in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of the capital, Port-au-Prince. According to Miami Herald, the crowd had overflown onto the streets when police fired tear gas and gunshots.
Consistory to reflect on Church’s mission to communicate God’s love
In a letter to the Cardinals ahead of a late-June Consistory, Pope Leo XIV calls for a deeper reflection on the themes of “Evangelii gaudium,”
