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   VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
      
   TWENTY-FIRST YEAR - N. 6   
   ENGLISH   
   TUESDAY, 11 JANUARY 2011   
      
   SUMMARY:   
      
   - President "Cor Unum" in Haiti for Earthquake Anniversary   
      
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   PRESIDENT "COR UNUM" IN HAITI FOR EARTHQUAKE ANNIVERSARY   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 11 JAN 2011 (VIS) - A year after the earthquake which   
   devastated Haiti on 12 January 2010 leaving 250,000 people dead and more   
   than a million homeless, Benedict XVI has sent Cardinal Robert Sarah,   
   president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", who will bring a Message   
   from the Pope and economic aid to the people so gravely afflicted twelve   
   months ago, according to a communique released by "Cor Unum".   
      
     The cardinal arrived in Haiti yesterday when he visited a number of   
   religious communities in Leogane: the Sisters of Christ the King whose   
   hospital was destroyed, the "Petites Soeurs de Sainte-Therese de l'Enfant   
   Jesus" who run a clinic for people suffering from AIDS and tuberculosis, and   
   the "Compagnes de Jesus" who had an old people's home and a school destroyed   
   by the quake. During the course of the day Cardinal Sarah laid the   
   cornerstone of the "Ecole Notre Dame des Anges". In the Holy Father's name,   
   he also brought concrete support in the form of donations received following   
   the earthquake: 800,000 U.S. dollars for the rebuilding of schools and   
   400,000 U.S. dollars for the reconstruction of churches.   
      
     Today, 11 January, the president of "Cor Unum", accompanied by Msgr.   
   Segundo Tejado, under secretary of the dicastery, will meet Rene Preval,   
   president of the Republic of Haiti. The cardinal will then visit the Parc   
   Acra displaced persons camp where he will celebrate Mass.   
      
     On Wednesday 12 January, Cardinal Sarah will read out the Pope's Message   
   during a Mass to commemorate the first anniversary of the earthquake. He   
   will then meet with bishops and seminarians as well as with directors of   
   Caritas and of international and volunteer organisations.   
      
     His final engagement in Haiti will take place on 13 January when he will   
   celebrate Mass in the convent of the "Paridean" Daughters of Mary who lost   
   fifteen religious in the disaster, while twelve other sisters were seriously   
   injured.   
      
     The visit also has the aim of thanking everyone who collaborated in the   
   huge efforts of the emergency period, and of renewing the Church's   
   commitment in the reconstruction, encouraging a new phase of charitable   
   commitment.   
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