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Only In Print: Haiti’s 12 Years of Turmoil

U.S. DELEGATION STAND WITH PAPAL NUNCIO INSIDE DESTROYED HAITI CATHEDRAL
Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio, and Archbishop Bernardito Auza, papal nuncio to Haiti, stand inside the destroyed Our Lady of Assumption Catherdral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2010. (Photo: CNS/George M. Martell, The Catholic Foundation) 

Jan. 12, 2010

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake strikes 15 miles southwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince, killing over 300,000 people, destroying more than 250,000 homes and 30,000 commercial buildings, and causing over $8 billion in damage.

Over the next 12 days, the country is hit with more than 52 after- shocks measuring 4.5 or greater…


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