Spiritual Healing Around the World

The dirt at Santuario de Chimayo, left, north of Santa Fe, is said to have healing powers; not unlike the water which flows from the spring near the site where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant girl in 1858.
(l. to r.) Karl Lehmann / Lonely Planet Images; Dieter Telemans / Panos

New Mexico, USA; Lourdes, France
The dirt at Santuario de Chimayo, left, north of Santa Fe, is said to have healing powers, not unlike the water which flows from the spring near the site where Catholics believe the Virgin Mary appeared to a peasant girl in 1858.

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