(Vatican Radio) The second round presidential election in Haiti was postponed again Sunday, although the outgoing president has less than three weeks of his term left. Haiti's political probems are making an economically challenging situation even more politically fraught.Listen to James Blears' report: Haiti's Electoral Council says the second round runoff is going to delayed due tensions and security concerns. This raises the question of just what is going to happen about the leadership issue, as President Michel Martelly is supposed to hand over the reins of power in just over two weeks.Banana cultivator and businessman Jovenal Moise won round one of the presidential election in November, with 33 percent of the vote, which was not enough for outright victory. Runner-up Jude Celestin, who is the former head of the national construction company and polled 25 percent, is seen smiling in his electoral posters.That's definitely not the case now, as h...
(Vatican Radio) The second round presidential election in Haiti was postponed again Sunday, although the outgoing president has less than three weeks of his term left. Haiti's political probems are making an economically challenging situation even more politically fraught.
Listen to James Blears' report:
Haiti's Electoral Council says the second round runoff is going to delayed due tensions and security concerns. This raises the question of just what is going to happen about the leadership issue, as President Michel Martelly is supposed to hand over the reins of power in just over two weeks.
Banana cultivator and businessman Jovenal Moise won round one of the presidential election in November, with 33 percent of the vote, which was not enough for outright victory.
Runner-up Jude Celestin, who is the former head of the national construction company and polled 25 percent, is seen smiling in his electoral posters.
That's definitely not the case now, as he's threatening to boycott the next round, although he's yet to formally resign his candidacy.
Haiti can ill afford this instability. The poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, it's still struggling to overcome the effects of the 2010 earthquake which killed more than 200,000 of its population and devastated infrastructure.
Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski of Krakow announced on April 14, 2024, the decision to begin the process of beatification and canonization of Helena Agnieszka Kmiec, a young lay missionary murdered in Bolivia in 2017. / Credit: The Helena Kmiec FoundationACI Prensa Staff, Apr 19, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski of Krakow, Poland, announced the decision to begin the process of beatification and canonization of Helena Agnieszka Kmiec, a young lay missionary murdered in Bolivia in 2017.The prelate said that after the preliminary phase began in December 2022, he made the decision to officially open the process for Kmiec after having consulted the Polish Bishops' Conference and receiving the go-ahead from the Vatican's Dicastery for the Causes of Saints."With this edict I call on all those who have any document, letter, or information about the Servant of God, both positive and negative, to send them to the Metropolitan Curia of Krakow before June 30," the archbish...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks during the signing of the ELVIS Act to Protect Voice & Likeness in Age of AI event at Robert's Western World on March 21, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee. / Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Human Artistry CampaignWashington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 18, 2024 / 14:15 pm (CNA).The first English-language translation of the Bible in the United States will become an "official state book" in Tennessee on July 1.Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, signed a bill on Tuesday that names the Aitken Bible and nine other texts as official state books in the Tennessee Blue Book (an official manual on the state government). This is the first time Tennessee has formally recognized any official state books.The Bible translation was published by Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken in 1782 and received an official endorsement from Congress. The American Revolution, which began in 1776, halted trade with Great Britain and cut off the supply of Bibles, which prompte...
Cardinal Wilton Gregory speaks at an interview in Rome on April 11, 2024. / Credit: "EWTN News Nightly" screen shotRome Newsroom, Apr 18, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA).As the Catholic Church's first African American cardinal was honored at a U.S. seminary in Rome, he recalled the legacy of faith and perseverance of Black Catholics in America, including at a time when they were not accepted by U.S. seminaries. Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, received this year's Rector's Award at an April 11 banquet at the Pontifical North American College, where seminarians from across 99 dioceses in the U.S. live while studying for the priesthood in Rome.In an interview with CNA before the award ceremony, Gregory pointed out that in the 19th century, African Americans who had a vocation to the priesthood were sent to study in Rome and then to serve as missionaries in Africa because at the time they were not allowed to enter U.S. seminaries."Being in Rome reminds me also tha...
