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"Das war sehr ergreifend" / So erleben deutsche Pilger den Papstbesuch in Lourdes

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Approximately 150,000 people attended a Mass with Pope Leo XIV in Lourdes on Sunday morning, according to official figures. Markus Polders, a priest serving as the Maltese chaplain for the Archdiocese of Cologne, suggested the actual attendance may have been higher.

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