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For better or for worse, the Church is keeping Haiti afloat

May 27, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: “When societies lack good governance and social stability, churches and clergy often fill in the gaps,” Philip Jenkins writes in this brief overview of Church-state relations in Haiti (map). “Repeatedly, during times of violence and political chaos, it is the bishops who have been called on to mediate and to encourage free elections.”

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