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Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gestures during a news briefing during a June 10, 2026, session of the annual spring meeting of the USCCB in Orlando, Fla. (OSV News photo/Bob Roller)

Archbishop Coakley urges president to pause deportations of Haitians amid violence

Tessa Gervasini|Sep 9, 2026|3 Min Read

Haitian-born Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old honors student at at Wright State University in Greene County, Ohio, died in an apparent suicide Aug. 31, 2026. He is pictured in an undated photo posted on Instagram. His father said that "everything changed" once his son was fitted with an ankle monitor by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement when deportation protections, known as TPS, ended for Haitians in June. (OSV News photo/@Pierre_d_bel_7/Instagram)

Archbishop Wenski laments student suicide as ICE policy triggers ‘death of despair’

Gina Christian|Sep 3, 2026|4 Min Read

Pope Leo XIV gestures as he leads the Angelus prayer in Piazza della Liberta in Castel Gandolfo near Rome Aug. 30, 2026. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media)

Pope Leo urges end to Haiti violence, renews prayers for Nepal, Tibet floods

EWTN_Marco Mancini|Aug 30, 2026|4 Min Read

Migrants from Haiti near Huixtla, Mexico, are pictured in a file photo walking in a caravan heading to the U.S. border. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to overrule a federal judge's ruling and allow it to end temporary protections for Haitians, a typically Catholic population, and send them back to the violence-wracked country. (OSV News photo/Jose Luis Gonzalez, Reuters)

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Miami archbishop warns on ending Haiti temporary protective status and deepening crisis in Cuba

Tessa Gervasini|Mar 13, 2026|4 Min Read

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at One World Trade Center in New York City Jan. 8, 2026, to discuss ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations, as part of President Donald Trump's immigration policy. A federal appeals court ruled Jan. 28 that the Trump administration acted illegally when it ended legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Venezuela to remain in the United States without risk of deportation due to dangerous conditions in their homeland. (OSV News/David 'Dee' Delgado, Reuters)

Bishops urge protection for Haitians as court rules Trump administration acted illegally

Kate Scanlon|Jan 30, 2026|3 Min Read

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Irish missionary, 7 other hostages freed in Haiti

Catholic News Agency|Sep 1, 2025|2 Min Read

Gena Heraty, a longtime Irish missionary in Haiti, is pictured with a child in a 2012 photo. Heraty was among several people -- including a 3-year-old child -- taken in the early hours of Aug. 3, 2025, after gunmen breached the Saint-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, near Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. (OSV News photo/courtesy NPH International)

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Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince denounces the ‘collapse of humanity’ in Haitian society

Catholic News Agency|Aug 12, 2025|2 Min Read

A man holds up placards as he yells toward a patrol car during a protest against gang-related violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 15, 2025, in this file photo. (OSV News photo/Jean Feguens Regala, Reuters)

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Irish lay missionary, child among several kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti

Gina Christian|Aug 5, 2025|4 Min Read

People walk past remains of vehicles near the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 25, 2024, after they were set on fire by gangs, as violence spread and armed gangs expanded their control over the capital. (OSV News photo/Ralph Tedy Erol, Reuters)

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Convent founded by Mother Teresa burned down in continued escalation of violence in Haiti

Madalaine Elhabbal|Nov 5, 2024|2 Min Read

From the window of his studio in the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis gives his blessing to people gathered in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus prayer Oct. 13, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope calls for Mideast cease-fire; prays for peace in Ukraine, Haiti

Cindy Wooden|Oct 14, 2024|3 Min Read

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Archbishop Wenski: Deportations to Haiti 'unconscionable' amid violence, instability

Gina Christian|Apr 23, 2024|3 Min Read

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Catholic leaders express anguish over Haiti’s 'dizzying chaos,' humanitarian disaster

Eduardo Campos Lima|Apr 5, 2024|6 Min Read

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