Between Resilience and Resignation, the Cry of the Haitian People Lingers
Maryknoll Lay Missioner Sami Scott describes ongoing violence in Haiti and calls for a moratorium on weapons sales to the embattled country.
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A Vatican Initiative Helps Vulnerable Children in El Salvador
In El Salvador, an initiative by the Vatican offers free schooling to vulnerable children at risk of exploitation, crime and poverty.
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Six Religious Sisters Kidnapped in Haiti
Members of the Congregation of Saint Anne were kidnapped by criminal gangs in a sign of the country’s furthering spiral into violence.
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Bishops of Ecuador: Violence Must Not Prevail
After the violent takeover of a media outlet and riots in prisons, Ecuador’s bishops issue a plea for peace, calm and order.
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Report: El Salvador Crackdown Leading to Abuses
Bystanders are being swept up and human rights abuses have increased in El Salvador’s campaign against gangs, report says.
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Salvadoran Military Mobilized against Gangs
Salvadoran troops are sent into marginalized communities to break the stranglehold of gangs who control those areas.
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Religious Orders Call for International Intervention in Haiti
Gangs in Haiti are responsible for nearly four kidnappings a day in 2022 and violence that killed more than 200 and forced 3,000 to flee their homes during July alone.
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New Salvadoran reality threatens ‘inclusion’
A Maryknoll lay missioner reflects on Salvadoran crackdown on gangs that sweeps up the righteous along with the wicked.
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