Statues of the Virgin Mary are displaced in a store in Lourdes...

LIONEL BONAVENTURE
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09-11-2008
Statues of the Virgin Mary are displaced in a store in Lourdes...



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Statues of the Virgin Mary are displaced in a store in Lourdes on September 11, 2008 ahead of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI who will commemorate here the 150th anniversary of the Vatican-recognized apparitions of the Virgin Mary to peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous. Facing a freefall in the number of churchgoers despite its deep Christian ...

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