Mark Curnutte, a Cincinnati Enquirer writer who has pored over thousands of statistics in his career, has to pause after sharing this: Globally, 25,000 people a day die of hunger.
Curnutte is reading from his book A Promise in Haiti: A Reporter’s Notes on Families and Daily Lives (Vanderbilt Press; $25). He lived among three families in Gonaïves, Haiti, in 2006 and 2008 and saw how precious food is.
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The experience has shaped Curnutte’s own faith.
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“You see the majesty of the church in Third World countries that you might not see in this country,” he says. “It’s our church — its beauty, eloquence, power and action. We can be proud.”
Curnutte tries to “educate gently” during his appeals. He points out that the root meaning of the word “Catholic” is “universal,” and that “the people in Haiti are our brothers and sisters.”
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