Women participate in a procession of banners before a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
People carry banners in a procession before a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Msgr. Walter Rossi, rector of the National Shrine, delivers a welcoming address to all attendees at the beginning of a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Msgr. Pierre-André Pierre of the National Center of the Haitian Apostolate in the United States speaks at the beginning of a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Young women do a liturgical dance at a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, speaks at the beginning of a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, gives the homily during a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Dec. 6, 2025. Cardinal Pierre served as apostolic nuncio in Haiti from 1995 until 1999. He was then appointed apostolic nuncio to Uganda and later served in that role in Mexico before Pope Francis appointed him apostolic nuncio to the United States in 2016. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
People smile during the homily by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, at the Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the National Shrine on Dec. 6. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Women bring offertory gifts to the altar during a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. Some of the women carried baskets with grapes, oranges, bananas, pineapples and bottles of wine. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, elevates the Eucharist during a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Dec. 6, 2025. Cardinal Pierre, who served as the apostolic nuncio to Haiti from 1995 until 1999, was the main celebrant and homilist at the Mass. The concelebrants included at left, Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune of Charleston, South Carolina, and Washington Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, and at right, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. Bishop Fabre-Jeune, a native of Haiti and a member of the religious order the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinian Fathers), serves as the liaison of the Haitian Apostolate in the United States. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
People pray during a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. An estimated 5,000 Haitian Catholics from across the United States and Canada attended the pilgrimage at the National Shrine in Washington, D.C. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
People pray during a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. An estimated 5,000 Haitian Catholics from across the United States and Canada attended the pilgrimage at the National Shrine in Washington, D.C. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Choir members sing during the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Young women do a liturgical dance at a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photos by Mihoko Owada)
Auxiliary Bishop Wismick Jean-Charles of Port-au-Prince, Haiti (at center), a member of the Montfort Missionaries religious order, processes from the altar following a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune of Charleston, South Carolina, smiles as he processes from the altar following a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 6, 2025. Bishop Fabre-Jeune, a native of Haiti and a member of the religious order the Missionaries of St. Charles (Scalabrinian Fathers), serves as the liaison of the Haitian Apostolate in the United States. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, greets a woman after serving as the main celebrant at a Mass for the annual nationwide Haitian Catholic Community Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Dec. 6, 2025. (Catholic Standard photo by Mihoko Owada)
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