WASHINGTON—More than 5,000 Catholic Americans gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last week for an annual vigil Mass ahead of last Friday’s March for Life in the nation’s capital.
Featuring families, students, and pilgrim groups of all ages, the congregation spread out over two levels, numerous chapels, and a crypt, prefacing the Mass with prayer, receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and following it with a holy hour and rosary amid adoration of the Eucharist.
