Pope Visits Lourdes

World | August 14, 2004, Saturday // 00:00
Pope Visits Lourdes Pope John Paul II salutes pilgrims and officials upon his arrival at the Grotto of Massabielle, the Virgin Mary shrine, in Lourdes. Photo by AFP

Pilgrims lined the streets of Lourdes to pay their respects to Pope John Paul II. The streets of the town at the foot of the Pyrenees mountains were a babel of different languages and a riot of colour, as Indian pilgrims donned their saris and African Christians showed off their traditional dress.

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