Catholicism was the established religion of colonial Haiti, the site of one of the largest populations of enslaved peoples in the Americas.

“Haitians have been making their way north, trying to find a safer, more prosperous place” to work and live.

Haitian asylum seekers are entitled to our protection, writes Kerry Kennedy after a visit to the border community of Del Rio, Texas. Instead, we have subjected them to abuse and immediate deportation.

To outsiders, the situation can appear completely beyond repair, but that is not the reality Sister Marilyn has come to know in Jacmel. “People need to hear that Haitians are survivors,” she said. “They are people of hope.”

I reported on recovery efforts after that 2010 Haitian earthquake. This is what I learned (and why you should care).

Numerous organizations, including Catholic agencies, are accepting donations to assist with their emergency response to the Haiti earthquake.