Haiti

“We raise our voices today to demand freedom for our colleague and friend Gena Heraty.”

Gena Heraty was among several taken by gunmen in the early hours of Aug. 3 from the Saint-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, near Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince.

The end of a longstanding ban on abortions in Wisconsin, a care for creation Mass being added to the Roman Missal, and the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill …

“Many people are afraid, and I see now that church attendance is less,” said the chaplain of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Haitian Catholic community.

The U.S. Catholic bishops have previously urged officials to protect TPS designation for nations including Haiti.

A ban by President Donald Trump that fully or partly restricts travel to the U.S. by nationals from several countries has prompted anxiety and uncertainty among Catholic immigration advocates

(OSV News) — Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence continues to further destabilize that nation. Sister Evanette Onezaire …

Ending CHNV program would lead to greater disruption of the stability of those who are contributing members of U.S. society, say immigrant advocates.

(OSV News) — As the growing violence in Haiti directly impacts more and more children and teenagers, Catholic missionaries struggle to offer safe havens to regain hope and dreams of a …

(OSV News) — In Haiti, where insecurity has devastated daily life since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, many religious groups are striving to celebrate Christmas amid growing chaos. …