“The population (is) desperate, due to the collapse of the health system, the scarcity of food and violence that lead them to flee”, he said, at the end of the mass that concluded his visit to the Italian city of Venice. Before the recitation of the “Regina Coeli” prayer, in St. Mark’s Square, Pope Francis prayed for the “work and decisions of the new Presidential Transition Council”, which took office last Thursday, “so that with the renewed support of the international community it can lead the country to the peace and stability it so desperately needs.” The first quarter of 2024 was the most violent since at least the beginning of 2022 in Haiti, gang-ravaged Caribbean country, with around 1,660 homicides, a 50 percent increase from the last quarter of 2023.”Between January and March 2024, at least 2,505 people were killed or injured as a result of gang-related violence “, according to the quarterly report of the UN mission in Haiti, cited by Lusa. Ariel Henry, Prime Minister, resigned on March 11, paving the way for the creation of a Presidential Transition Council. Pope Francis also recalled , in his intervention, the “martyred Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, the Rohingya, Cabo Delgado and so many populations that suffer because of war and violence”. of dialogue and reconciliation”, he concluded.
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