Pilgrims participate in the Torchlight Marian procession in Lourdes on August 14, 2021 to celebrate the assumption of the Virgin Mary. (Photo by Fred SCHEIBER / AFP) (Photo by FRED SCHEIBER/AFP via Getty Images)
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A priest lead pilgrims during the Torchlight Marian procession in Lourdes on August 14, 2021 to celebrate the assumption of the Virgin Mary. (Photo by Fred SCHEIBER / AFP) (Photo by FRED SCHEIBER/AFP via Getty Images)
Pilgrims take part in the torchlight procession of the Virgin Mary on the esplanade of the rosary, as the Catholic sanctuary of Notre Dame de Lourdes welcomes pilgrims following months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic on July 3, 2021. - Summer festivities such as "Les Nuits de Lourdes" allow the faithful to return to the Marian city after many months of confinement linked to the coronavirus. (Photo by MATTHIEU RONDEL / AFP) (Photo by MATTHIEU RONDEL/AFP via Getty Images)
LOURDES, FRANCE - AUGUST 13: Young boys helping pilgrims with fresh water during celebration of the mass in the underground Basilica of St. Pius X pictured in Lourdes, France on August 13, 2010. (Photo by Jean-Erick PASQUIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
