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Archbishop of Port-au-Prince dies in earthquake

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The Catholic prelate was killed by Tuesday’s 7.0 magnitude earthquake, according to Fox News, which cites Vatican Radio.

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4 Responses to “Archbishop of Port-au-Prince dies in earthquake”

  1. KC Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 11:25 am

    Not sure I want to believe faux news, I-I-I mean fox news.

  2. Thom Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 11:37 am

    May he rest in peace. +

  3. Caleb Powers Says:
    January 13th, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    I wish no ill will on anyone, and agree that I hope the archbishop does rest in peace. However, one cannot ignore the shameful history of the Catholic church in Haiti, and in particular its support of the Duvalier regimes. Perhaps if the church had done a bit better job in educating its people, they could have overthrown their corrupt governments and installed a government that would use their money for the benefit of the people rather than stealing it. If this had happened, I suspect that there would be better facilities in place to deal with disasters such as this.

  4. Niall Says:
    January 14th, 2010 at 6:49 pm

    True, Caleb. But the New Testament gives them the perfect justificaiton when Paul writes that “all powers are ordained of God”. That’s a loophole a mile wide.

    And overthrowing a corrupt government doesn’t do much when society as a whole is equally corrupt. As Haiti has shown – along with many other countries – corrupt societies will just generate another corrupt government, and on ad infinitum. The vicious circle of corruption is one of the hardest social realities to break down and abolish.

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