US has seen proof of life for some kidnapped missionaries in Haiti, official says
Washington DC, USReuters The US Government has seen proof that at least some members of the group of American and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti last month are alive, according to a senior Biden administration official. The official, who declined to be named, did not give further details. Signs on the door of the Christian […]
Group defends work in Haiti of 17 abducted missionaries
Port-au-Prince, HaitiAP A religious organisation whose 17 missionaries were kidnapped in Haiti almost a week ago defended its work in dangerous places on Tuesday. The statement from Christian Aid Ministries comes as US and Haitian authorities keep working to secure the release of the 12 adults and five children, including an eight-month-old, who were kidnapped […]
Group clings to faith as US works on Haiti kidnapping case
Port-au-Prince, Haiti AP A US religious organisation whose 17 members were kidnapped in Haiti asked supporters on Friday to pray and share stories with the victims’ families of how their faith helped them through difficult times as efforts to recover them entered a sixth day. Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries issued the statement a day after […]
Updated: Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped American missionaries
Last updated: 12.50pm (AEDT)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters A Haitian man identifying himself as the leader of the gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries said in a video posted on YouTube on Thursday that he was willing to kill “these Americans” if he does not get what he needs. The speaker in the video, […]
US captives in Haiti were helping rebuild quake-damaged homes
Reuters The work of US and Canadian missionaries kidnapped in Haiti over the weekend included helping rebuild homes following an August earthquake on the island, according to their Ohio-based organisation that has aid projects all over the world. Christian Aid Ministries said in a statement Tuesday that the 17 captives – among them five children, […]
Haitians protest kidnappings as FBI says it will assist in effort to find missionaries
Port-au-PrinceReuters Haitians on Monday mounted a nationwide strike to protest a growing wave of kidnappings, days after the abduction of a group of missionaries prompted FBI involvement and fueled international concerns over gang violence in the crisis-stricken Caribbean nation. Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries on Sunday said a group of its missionaries, 16 Americans and one […]
Updated: Gang with past abductions blamed for kidnapping missionaries in Haiti
Updated: 7.30am (AEDT)Port-au-Prince, HaitiAP A notorious Haitian gang known for brazen kidnappings and killings was accused by police Sunday of abducting 17 missionaries from a US-based organisation. Five children were believed to be among those kidnapped. The 400 Mawozo gang kidnapped the group – which also included some elderly people – in Ganthier, a commune that […]
Revisiting colonisation: Catholic bishop of Syracuse decries Doctrine of Discovery, suggests Pope do the same
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, speaks with US Catholic Bishop Douglas J Lucia about his hopes to meet with the Vatican to discuss a series of 15th-century papal proclamations used by European Christians to rationalise the subjugation of Indigenous peoples…
The call to mission: OM’s hope more Christians will take the Gospel to unreached places
DAVID ADAMS speaks with Matthew Skirton, chief executive of Christian mission organisation OM in the UK, about the organisation’s research into the “mission gap” and its hopes that more Christians will engage with the idea of cross-cultural mission…
Catholic Church’s global missionary efforts have taken a hit in the time of coronavirus
Vatican CityRNS In a world marked by religious persecution and mounting secularism, being a missionary priest has never been easy. Add closed frontiers and social distancing caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the already tough job may seem impossible. But according to one missionary, Salesian priest Martin Lasarte, there is opportunity beyond the challenges. “Being […]