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3 million pilgrims expected for India’s ‘Lourdes of the East’ pilgrimage
September 05, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: Three million pilgrims are expected to travel to the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health in Velankanni, India, in the days preceding the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (September 8).
Last month, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote a letter, “ The love of Mary at Vailankanni,” paying tribute to Marian devotion there.
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