On March 10, 2024, Pope Francis said he was praying for Haiti, a country where criminal gangs had wreaked devastation recently. “I am following with concern and pain the serious crisis affecting Haiti and the violent episodes that have occurred in recent days,” After doing his Sunday Angelus prayer, the 87-year-old exclaimed.
“I am close to the Church and to the dear Haitian people who have suffered so much for years.” He prayed for the violence to stop and urged all parties to strive toward rapprochement and peace “with the renewed support of the international community”.
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Criminal organizations have wreaked devastation in an attempt to remove Prime Minister Ariel Henry from office as head of the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. They currently control a large portion of the city, Port-au-Prince, as well as the roadways connecting it to the rest of the nation. 362,000 Haitians have been internally displaced as a result of the turmoil, more than half of them are children, and some have been forced to relocate more than once, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
