00:00Speaking from the window of his study overlooking St. Peter's Square, the pontiff denounced attacks against civilians in the Caribbean country.
00:10Haiti's government announced Saturday that it was implementing a three-month state of emergency in the country's central region as gang violence surges.
00:21Meanwhile, the situation of the people of Haiti is increasingly desperate.
00:28There are reports of murders, violence of all kinds, human trafficking, forced exile and kidnappings.
00:40I make a heartfelt appeal to all those responsible to release the hostages immediately and I ask for the concrete support of the international community to create the social and institutional conditions that will allow Haitians to live in peace.
00:57Gang violence has displaced more than 230,000 people in Haiti's central region according to the UN.
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