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VOICED : French tug of war over remains of Lourdes saint
For many visitors to Lourdes it comes as a surprise that the saint whose visions of the Virgin Mary made the French town a major Catholic pilgrimage site is not actually buried there
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CLEAN : Bosnian town defends Virgin sightings despite pope's doubt
Catholic pilgrims continue to flock to the southern Bosnian town of Medjugorje despite Pope Francis having expressed doubts about reported daily apparitions of the Virgin Mary there
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ISRAEL: NAZARETH: POPE JOHN PAUL II - MASS (2)
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Pope John Paul II continued his visit to the Holy Land on Saturday, with a mass in the town of Nazareth.
Thousands turned out to welcome the Pontiff, who presided over the mass in the Basilica of the...
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CLEAN : Police surround China village for Catholic
CLEAN : Police surround China village for Catholic
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CLEAN : Rio preps for Catholic World Youth Day
CLEAN : Rio preps for Catholic World Youth Day
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CLEAN: 'Weeping virgin' draws miracle-seekers to Paris suburbs
CLEAN: 'Weeping virgin' draws miracle-seekers to Paris suburbs
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CLEAN : Ancient Syrian Christian town dedicates new Virgin Mary statue
CLEAN : Ancient Syrian Christian town dedicates new Virgin Mary statue
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CLEAN : Rio beach party to welcome World Youth
Tens of thousands turn out on a Rio beach to welcome a wooden cross and an icon of the Virgin Mary ahead of World Youth Day. CLEAN : Rio beach party to welcome World Youth on May 20, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Footage by AFP/Getty...
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CLEAN : Portuguese pilgrims arrive in Fatima
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims descend on Fatima, 130 kilometres north of Lisbon to commemorate the appearance of the Virgin Mary
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CLEAN : Pope Francis prays for the Immaculate Conception
CLEAN : Pope Francis prays for the Immaculate Conception
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CLEAN : Rwandan church marks anniversary of Virgin Mary apparition
Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Kibeho in southern Rwanda on Monday to mark the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary on 28 November 1981 by three Rwandan schoolgirls
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CLEAN : Pope canonises Fatima child shepherds who saw Virgin
Two young, barely literate shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims, were declared saints Saturday by Pope Francis
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CLEAN : Portuguese Catholic sanctuary of Fatima celebrates its apparitions without pilgrims
Without the crowds of pilgrims it welcomes every May 13, the Catholic sanctuary of Fatima, in central Portugal, celebrates the 103rd anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in a religious ceremony reduced to the bare minimum...
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CLEAN : Christians celebrate the feast day of the Patroness of Cuba
Cubans in Havana celebrate with flowers and candles the feast day of Our Lady of Charity, another title for the Virgin Mary, the Patroness of Cuba since 1916 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Sagrada Familia basilica inaugurates new Virgin Mary tower
The new star atop the Sagrada Familia basilica's tower of Virgin Mary is illuminated during the tower's official inauguration in Barcelona (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED : La "gritería" a la virgen María anima a una Nicaragua en crisis
Con cantos de alabanzas, cohetes, bailes y mucha alegría, miles de católicos celebraron la "gritería" a la virgen María, en medio de la crisis entre la iglesia y el gobierno de Daniel Ortega en Nicaragua (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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The Descent from the Cross
The central panel of a triptych by Rubens, in which the artist reconstructed the last moments of the sacrifice at the Calvary in a complex composition of figures and volumes influenced by Caravaggio.