The Pope on the 5th anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti – Three solid pillars

The material and spiritual reconstruction of Haiti — devastated five years ago by an
earthquake — must rely on “three solid
pillars: the human person, ecclesial communion, and the local Church”. Pope
Francis recalled this on Saturday morning, 10 January, during an audience to
participants in a meeting organized in Rome by by the Pontifical Council Cor
Unum and the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on the anniversary of the
natural disaster. “Much has been done toward rebuilding the country in these
five years” the Pontiff said, while acknowledging that “much remains to be
done”. His wish is that “the Church in Haiti must become always more alive and
fruitful, to witness to Christ and to make its contribution to the development
of the nation”.