LINKS
Vatican bio of Cardinal Langlois
https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_langlois_c.html
Chibly Langolis on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvadore Miranda):
https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2014.htm#Langlois
Cardinal Langlois on Gcatholic.org:
http://www.gcatholic.org/p/2868
Cardinal Langlois on Catholic-Hierarchy.org:
https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/blangc.html
Diocese of Les Cayes on Gcatholic.org:
http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/lesc0.htm?tab=info
Diocese of Les Cayes on Catholic-Hierarchy.org:
https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlesc.html
2014 Salt and Light Media write up of Cardinal-Elect Langlois
https://slmedia.org/blog/meet-the-cardinals-chibly-langlois-les-cayes-haiti
2014 NCR article on Cardinal-Elect Langlois:
https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/haitis-new-cardinal-known-tireless-worker-advocate-people
1983 Spokesman Review article on JPII's visit to Haiti:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6tkvAAAAIBAJ&pg=7222,4661909
CNA reporting on 2021 earthquake:
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248690/cardinal-injured-priest-dead-after-earthquake-in-haiti
Churchinneed.org reporting on 2021 Haitian bishops' statement:
https://www.churchinneed.org/haiti-bishops-issue-urgent-appeal-for-unity/
Jamiaca Observer reporting on 2022 Haitian bishops' statement:
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latest-news/haitian-bishops-call-for-peace-condemn-violence-and-gang-warfare/
September 2023 Haitian bishop's statement on genocide by criminal gangs:
https://international.la-croix.com/news/world/haitian-bishops-call-on-world-to-stop-genocide-by-criminal-gangs/18362
Donate to Haitian relief:
https://www.unicef.org/appeals/haiti
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TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to Cardinal Numbers, a rexypod ranking all the Cardinals of the Catholic Church we can get our hands on, from the Catacombs to Kingdom Come.
Check out the show notes for sources, further reading, and a transcript.
Today we're discussing another current Cardinal of the Catholic Church, one of the 120 or so people who will choose the next Pope when the time comes.
Chibly LANGLOIS was born on November 29, 1958, in La Vallée, a community in the diocese of Jacmel, Haïti, located on the Tiburon Peninsula that forms much of the island nations' southern territory. Barring future appointments, Chibly Langlois is the only Haitian cardinal, so let's briefly look at the island nation's history while we're here.
Haiti was the result of the only successful slave rebellion in history, making it a 19th century pariah with no diplomatic recognition or formal trade relations until the populace literally paid for themselves to compensate for the lost air quotes "property", something which they could only afford using the international equivalent of payday loans to predatory lenders. The end result of this is that Haiti is, to this day, one of the poorest countries on earth. It has also had a range of issues establishing an effective and stable government, considering it started from basically nothing, coupled with general hostility from the international community at large, having about two centuries of rule by fiat mixed with coups, a situation which has only begun to change in the last few decades.
When Chibly was born, the dictator of the day was François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, who would be succeeded by his son, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier. The Duvalier regime became more repressive after a coup attempt a few months before Chibly's birth, so the fami
