Sunday April 28, 2024, from Venice where he is on a pastoral visit, the Pope at the end of the Mass which he celebrated at 11:00 a.m. in Saint Mark's Square, after the prayer of the "Regina Caeli" was moved by several "situations of suffering" in the world, particularly in Haiti.

Pope Francis on Sunday encouraged the new Haitian Presidential Transitional Council https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-42198-haiti-flash-swearing-and-installation-of-members-of-the-cpt.html to work to achieve peace and stability in the country.

"We want to invoke the intercession of Mary in the face of the many situations of suffering in the world. I am thinking of Haiti, where the state of emergency is in force and where the population is desperate because of the collapse of the health system, the shortage of food and the violence which pushes people to flee," declared the pontiff.

Adding "We entrust to the Lord the work and decisions of the new Presidential Transitional Council so that, with the renewed support of the international community, it can lead the country to achieve the Peace and stability it so desperately needs."

S/ HaitiLibre