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April 16, 2021

Police fire tear gas into Haitian bishops' Mass for freedom

Demonstrators march past burning debris during a protest against the government of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince March 28, 2021.

MIAMI -- A "Mass for the freedom of Haiti," led by Haitian bishops, turned violent at the end when police fired tear gas into the church.

Published in International
March 20, 2017

U.S. priest's home in Mexico harassed by police

New York's Father Robert Coogan, who works in Saltillo, Mexico, alleged that the police raided his home, which doubles as a halfway house, and tried to plant drugs.

MEXICO CITY – An American priest and prison chaplain in northern Mexico says his home, which doubles as a halfway house, was raided in the early hours of St. Patrick's Day as police came to arrest one of the three men who live with him.

Published in International