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04-25-2007, 05:40 PM
The Conference of the Dominican Episcopate and the Conference of the Haitian Episcopate met recently and concluded with a petition to the authorities of both countries to reduce the flow of massive immigration that they described as "anarchic and illegal". They called for legislation without ambiguities. They said that the Catholic Church laments the injustices, abuses, manipulation of information, corruption at the border, human smuggling, drugs, acts of violence and exploitation of poverty. The bishops met in Port au Prince. They valued the harmonic relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, and the permanent expressions of solidarity. "This 10th encounter has provided the occasion for deep thoughts on the possibility of strengthening the ties of fraternity between both countries," stated a document issues at the closure of the meeting. Participating for the DR were Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Monsignor Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, and bishops Roque Adames, Maria de Jesus Moya, Jose Dolores Grullon, Antonio Camilo, Gregorio Nicanor Pena, Francisco Ozoria, among others. For Haiti, bishops Louis Kebreau, Yves Marie Pen, Joseph Lanfontant, among others attended.
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