5 days ago · ROME (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council said the Trump administration’s decisions to freeze aid programs, deport migrants and block refugees will be “catastrophic” for Haiti. Leslie Voltaire made the comment in an interview with The Associated Press in Rome on Saturday following a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican. He visited the pope to ask for ...

3 days ago · PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The head of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (TPC), Leslie Voltaire, held a private audience with Pope Francis last weekend, according to an official ...

4 days ago · Pope Francis renewed his call for social and political harmony in the Americas, with a focus on Haiti. He expressed his support for the Haitian people and affirmed his prayers for a peaceful and ...

4 days ago · The statement said Pope Francis renewed his call for social and political harmony in the Americas, with a focus on Haiti, and expressed his support for the Haitian people and affirmed his prayers for a peaceful and stable nation. It said that Pope Francis presented Voltaire with a bronze bas-relief entitled “Dialogue between the Generations”, this …

6 days ago · This morning, in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the President of the Transitional Presidential Council of Haiti, His Excellency Mr. Leslie Voltaire, was received in audience by His Holiness Pope Francis. He went on to meet with His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by His Excellency Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and ...

3 days ago · January 27, 2025 » Continue to this story on @leslievoltaire CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis received Leslie Voltaire, who is serving a five-month term as the nation’s interim leader, in a ...

Jan 22, 2025 · In April, Pope Francis expressed sorrow over the severe humanitarian conditions in Haiti, which have been exacerbated by violence, food shortages, and healthcare collapse. His statements...

Apr 28, 2024 · Pope Francis called for prayers for the people of Haiti who are in desperate need of peace and stability following months of political turmoil, rampant criminality and the collapse of infrastructure and security.

Oct 14, 2024 · Pope Francis also told the crowd that he is following the "dramatic situation in Haiti" where extreme gang violence "continues against the population, forced to flee from their own homes in search of safety elsewhere, inside and outside the country."

Mar 10, 2024 · Pope Francis offers prayers for the people of Haiti suffering due to worsening violence, while remembering the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine and the Holy Land. He also expresses his closesness with our …