Despite challenging circumstances while in Haiti, the Perry Lutheran Homes and Lutheran Family Service team, together with Ministry in Mission, were able to open and admit the first residents into the ...

In Haiti’s capital city of Port-au-Prince, rifle-wielding gunmen rape, kidnap and pillage while people fleeing their homes hide in school yards, abandoned buildings and soiled makeshift camps. In ...

One elder lived on a porch and couldn’t get up. Another was blind and lived by herself in a small, cement shack with no consistent source for food. Both elders were among the first five admitted into ...

Jacmel is often described as Haiti's most beautiful city. It's an arts center on the island's southern coast, with French Colonial architecture reminiscent of New Orleans, and one of Haiti's few ...

Sitting at the Hotel Cyvadier's best open-air table, Joel Khawly is staring poker-faced at the darkened Bay of Jacmel when his phone rings. Mr. Khawly does not take calls after 6 p.m., so his wife, ...

In 325 A.D., Constantine’s Nicene Council decreed a date for commemorating Jesus’ rise and declared that during its lead-up, no meat should pass the faithful’s lips. Constantine wasn’t issuing an ...

JACMEL, Haiti – The bustling streets of a colourful Haitian coastal city ground to a standstill Tuesday as native daughter Michaelle Jean returned for a visit to her ancestral hometown. Jean wound up ...

On Haiti's southern coast, the country's fourth-largest city, Jacmel, is known for its arts and French colonial architecture. In the first days after the Jan. 12 quake, it was largely cut off from the ...