CNN News
By Moni Basu
Earthquake victims offer up prayers in a Port-au-Prince tent city Saturday.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- A nation of desperate and grieving peopleshowed the fervency of their faith Saturday in this earthquake-ravaged capital.
They mourned an archbishop, prayed in an open-air revival and, later in the day, witnessed a miracle.
In a somber ceremony, Haitians turned out for a funeral Mass for the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, whose body had been recovered from rubble near the landmark national cathedral. They buried Monsignor Joseph Serge Miot at Lilavois Cemetery.
Not far away, in a central city refugee camp, Marielourde Meridier hoisted her arms skyward, shook her head from side to side and shouted out the word "Grace!"
Beside her, daughter Lovencia, 6, washed her dust-caked and scarred feet, her little head bandaged tightly to heal wounds from the crashing concrete.
Meridier was thankful. Of her five children, only one was hurt badly enough to go to a hospital. Now, she relied on her faith to get her through.
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