Pope urges Catholics to make generous relief effort for Haiti

Submitted on January 13, 2010

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By John Thavis | Catholic News Service

Injured people rested outside the destroyed cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 13. Thousands of people were feared dead following the massive earthquake that struck late in the afternoon Jan. 12. The cathedral, presidential palace, schools, hospitals and hillside shanties collapsed in the disaster.

Eduardo Munoz/Reuters via Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI prayed for victims of a massive earthquake in Haiti and urged the international community to provide generous assistance to the stricken population of the Caribbean nation.

The victims included Archbishop Joseph Serge Miot of Port-au-Prince.

"The lifeless body of Archbishop Joseph Miot of Port-au-Prince was found this morning under the rubble of the archbishop's residence," L'Osservatore Romano said in a Page 1 story Jan. 13.

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