Haitian Officials Welcome the Unveiling of Our Lady of Perpetual Help at the Vatican

On the unveiling of the effigy of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, patroness of Haiti, at the Bastione di Maestro in the Vatican on Friday, June 27, 2025, Haiti’s Chargée d’Affaires a.i. to the Holy See, Marie Guerlyne Janvier, and Haiti’s Ambassador to Italy, Gandy Thomas, delivered remarks to express, on behalf of Haiti, the significance of the event.

Jonasson Odigène
Par Jonasson Odigène
30 Jun 2025 | Lecture : 4 min.

Officially unveiled on the feast day of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, the effigy also commemorates the 165th anniversary of the Concordat signed between the Republic of Haiti and the Holy See.

In her speech at the Choir Chapel of Saint Peter’s Basilica, during the commemorative mass held just after the unveiling, Chargée d’Affaires a.i. Marie Guerlyne Janvier retraced the history of the Concordat signed on March 28, 1860, between Haitian President Fabre Nicolas Geffrard and Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli, then Secretar

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