Two months after the church in southwestern France was damaged by floodwaters, six thousand Catholic faithful attended an Assumption mass in the Basilica of Saint Pius X in Lourdes. The crowds were only slightly smaller than last year and a spokesman for the town's religious sites said the recovery had been faster than expected thanks to successful fund-raising campaign. The attendees were just some of the 25,000 people who made the journey from across ...Saturday, 17 August 2013
Two Months After Floods Thousands Flock to Lourdes for Assumption
Two months after the church in southwestern France was damaged by floodwaters, six thousand Catholic faithful attended an Assumption mass in the Basilica of Saint Pius X in Lourdes. The crowds were only slightly smaller than last year and a spokesman for the town's religious sites said the recovery had been faster than expected thanks to successful fund-raising campaign. The attendees were just some of the 25,000 people who made the journey from across ...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment