![Odelyn Joseph FILE - A vodou pilgrim attends a Mass marking the feast day of agriculture and work, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 1, 2024. The syncretic religion that melds Catholicism with animist beliefs has no official leader or creeds. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/45747cf1e7034e4ea219227dab239969/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A vodou pilgrim attends a Mass marking the feast day of agriculture and work, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 1, 2024. The syncretic religion that melds Catholicism with animist beliefs has no official leader or creeds. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - A Vodouist clad in white invokes a gede spirit during the Saint George celebration, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted religion across Haiti, where its believers were once persecuted. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f6c72e1af7bb484ca7488128e85c38a7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A Vodouist clad in white invokes a gede spirit during the Saint George celebration, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted religion across Haiti, where its believers were once persecuted. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - Vodou pilgrims gather round a cross during the Saint George celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted religion across Haiti, where its believers were once persecuted. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/61c0996929a0470d9b2c50a8cb26f1ec/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Vodou pilgrims gather round a cross during the Saint George celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Shunned publicly by politicians and intellectuals for centuries, Vodou is transforming into a more powerful and accepted religion across Haiti, where its believers were once persecuted. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - A Vodouist invokes a gede spirit, family of Iwa, during the Saint George celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Vodou has a single God known as “Bondye,” Creole for “Good God,” and more than 1,000 spirits known as the lwa — some that aren’t always benevolent.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7ae2471fd341476e95e79899f44f4f35/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A Vodouist invokes a gede spirit, family of Iwa, during the Saint George celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Vodou has a single God known as “Bondye,” Creole for “Good God,” and more than 1,000 spirits known as the lwa — some that aren’t always benevolent.(AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - A dove takes flight as people attend the St. George vodou celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Hundreds of Haitians flocked to the hill for the annual celebration of St. George, a Christian martyr who was believed to be a Roman soldier and is revered by both Catholics and Vodouists. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/47241066bc394d80822c7cb661264a0b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A dove takes flight as people attend the St. George vodou celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. Hundreds of Haitians flocked to the hill for the annual celebration of St. George, a Christian martyr who was believed to be a Roman soldier and is revered by both Catholics and Vodouists. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - Vodou pilgrims attend a Mass marking the feast day of agriculture and work, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Amid the spiraling chaos, a growing number of Haitians are praying more or visiting Vodou priests known as “oungans” for urgent requests ranging from locating loved ones who were kidnapped to finding critical medication needed to keep someone alive. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1255f7e2eb364e9e85f5a049b8f8ca35/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Vodou pilgrims attend a Mass marking the feast day of agriculture and work, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Amid the spiraling chaos, a growing number of Haitians are praying more or visiting Vodou priests known as “oungans” for urgent requests ranging from locating loved ones who were kidnapped to finding critical medication needed to keep someone alive. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Odelyn Joseph FILE - A child stands with Vodou pilgrims during a Mass marking the feast day of agriculture and work, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 1, 2024. Vodou was at the root of the revolution that led Haiti to become the world’s first free Black republic in 1804, a religion born in West Africa and brought across the Atlantic by enslaved people. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/662f9c72074247d393eac88edb9ab7b6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A child stands with Vodou pilgrims during a Mass marking the feast day of agriculture and work, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 1, 2024. Vodou was at the root of the revolution that led Haiti to become the world’s first free Black republic in 1804, a religion born in West Africa and brought across the Atlantic by enslaved people. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - Believers dance during the St. George vodou celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. While spirits infuse believers with energy and hope, Vodou priests warn they don’t perform miracles. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/849d350a9146410ebe2da7fe47b00e22/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - Believers dance during the St. George vodou celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. While spirits infuse believers with energy and hope, Vodou priests warn they don’t perform miracles. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
![Ramon Espinosa FILE - A Voudist clad in yellow, a color associated with the power of light, poses for a photo during the Saint George celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. It’s unknown how many people currently practice Vodou in Haiti, but there’s a popular saying: “Haiti is 70% Catholic, 30% Protestant and 100% Vodou.” (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d08b5912b5dd4a68825421b74bb2e8dd/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A Voudist clad in yellow, a color associated with the power of light, poses for a photo during the Saint George celebration in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 24, 2024. It’s unknown how many people currently practice Vodou in Haiti, but there’s a popular saying: “Haiti is 70% Catholic, 30% Protestant and 100% Vodou.” (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)