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Pope Leo XIV prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions in Lourdes during France trip
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Commune in Occitania, France
Lourdes is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its center.
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"We pray to you, our Mother, for France, for you are her patroness and have protected her for so many centuries," Pope Leo said in a prayer to Mary at Lourdes.
Pope Leo XIV began his Lourdes pilgrimage Saturday evening with a silent prayer at the Grotto of the Apparitions, after drawing hundreds of thousands of worshippers to a massive outdoor
French survivors of clergy sexual abuse have met with Pope Leo XIV. They have praised the encounter, saying he listened to them was informed of their cases and said more