The Pope in France

Nuns pray during the mass held by Pope Benedict XVI for the 150th anniversary of the Virgin Mary apparitions, on September 15, 2008 in Lourdes, France
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Attentive Audience
The pontiff told pilgrims that, by making the trip to Lourdes, they entered into an "extraordinary closeness between heaven and earth."

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