A White House spokesman on Thursday slammed evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson's remark that Haiti has been cursed. A devastating magnitude-7 earthquake hit there Tuesday. "It never ceases to amaze me that in times of amazing human suffering somebody says something that can be so utterly ...

The White House on Thursday dismissed a comment by evangelical preacher Pat Robertson that Haiti's earthquake was retribution for the country swearing a "pact to the devil" as "utterly stupid." Robertson weighed in on Haiti's history on his Christian Broadcasting Network show "The 700 Club" on Wednesday. Haitians were originally "under the heel of the French. You know ...

US evangelical preacher Pat Robertson levied blame Wednesday for the devastating earthquake in Haiti on Haitians themselves, saying that the country "swore a pact to the devil" at its creation. "Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it," Robertson said on his Christian Broadcasting Network show "The 700 Club." Haitians were ...