The six nuns and two others who were kidnapped in the capital city of Haiti have been released. The Archbishop of Port-au-Prince confirmed this in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just a few days after their capture, Pope Francis used his Angelus greeting to petition for the release of these religious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE FRANCIS The day before the hostages were released, the Catholic Church in Haiti held a day of prayer and Eucharistic Adoration to organize quote \u201ca chain of unceasing prayers\u201d for those kidnapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The issue of gang violence in Haiti has grown increasingly in the last year. According to the United Nations, about 2,500 people were kidnapped by gangs in 2023\u2014an 80% rise from the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Catholic Church in Haiti held a day of prayer and Eucharistic Adoration to organize quote \u201ca chain of unceasing prayers\u201d for those kidnapped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":64728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,159],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UOtSuP_UMY8","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsuoreliberateeng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsuoreliberateint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64747,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64745\/revisions\/64747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>I have painfully learned of the news of the kidnapping in Haiti of a group of people, including six nuns. In earnestly requesting their release, I pray for social harmony in the country and call on everyone to stop violence, which causes so much suffering to that beloved people.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n