Haitian church ‘stunned’ by president’s assassination, says bishop catholicnews.com

Bishop Alphonse Quesnel of Fort Liberté, Haiti, said the Haitian church was “stunned” by the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse.

“We bishops must not only call for calm, but also for all Haitians to sit down together, change the way they look at each other, and seek together the way forward,” the bishop told Vatican News hours after the Haitian president was gunned down by unknown assailants in the bedroom of his residence early July 7. His wife, Martine Moïse, was injured in the attack. The Associated Press reported she was in stable condition.

Bishop Quesnel said the assassination presents an opportunity for a “change of mentality” and a “real conversion.”…

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