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  • Gypsies waiting for the pastor´s pray.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019423.jpg
  • Gypsies waiting for the pastor´s pray.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019425.jpg
  • A woman praying.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019416.jpg
  • Gypsy praying with the pastor, getting rid of their sins.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019421.jpg
  • Gypsies praying.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019429.jpg
  • Preparing the fire for cooking and warm themselves from the cold.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019428.jpg
  • The portrait of a gypsy woman, resting against the wall of the church of their community.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019422.jpg
  • playing cards while waiting for their wives to come from the religious ceremony.<br />
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The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019427.jpg
  • The gypsy community at the camp.<br />
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The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019426.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019419.jpg
  • A gypsy man holding his donkey.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019415.jpg
  • Preparing the fire for cooking and warm themselves from the cold.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019430.jpg
  • Gypsy culture.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019424.jpg
  • Improvised church at the camp of gypsies.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019418.jpg
  • The gypsy camp.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019431.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019420.jpg
  • Gypsy women exorcising.<br />
The gipsies call it "the Cult", it is a kind of pact that they get together twice a week in a common hut to pray for good and exorcise the evil. Inside the hut there´s a heavy atmosphere and things seem to be a blend of fantasy and reality. Tens of gipsies form a circle of screams and cries and you can hear a mix of prays, complains, desperation and guilt. A gipsie women faints on the floor almost like she has been exorcised and she had a demon inside her, slowly with the help of the others she recovers.<br />
The truth is that the cult is a way that gipsies chose to express themselves, something that is very much theirs, just like the sound of the gipsies guitars, shows something very real, the suffering of their spirits.
    h_00019417.jpg
  • Some sisters and a few inhabitants of Ilha de Mozambique pray in Mercy Church. Most the islands residents are muslims
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  • Men praying in a mosque in the Macuti City, the part of Ilha de Mozambique where lives most of the inhabitants
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  • Men praying in the Great Mosque in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Believers pray. Soon, the apostles will distribute blessings that turn out in miracles - they say.
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  • The apostle Jorge Tadeu, leader of the Mana Church, throws a so-called holy water over the believers. During the faith convention they pray, dance, sing and wait for a miracle to change their lives.
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  • An apostle blesses a believer. She gets in a trance and claims to be cured. During the faith convention they pray, dance, sing and wait for a miracle to change their lives.
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  • Locals praying inside a shrine during the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, Thailand. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai The and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the companyÕs example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
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  • An onlooker pray during street procession. Onlookers can receive blessings from warriors during the procession. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.<br />
Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
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  • Eyes closed, shaking, praying. Soon, the apostles will distribute blessings that turn out in miracles - they say.
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  • Men praying on the streets of Mopti. At the confluence of the Niger and the Bani rivers, between Timbuktu and Ségou, Mopti is the second largest city in Mali, and the hub for commerce and tourism in this predominantly muslim west-african landlocked country.
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  • A warrior during a spiritual ritual in Phuket. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
    h_VegetarianFestival22.jpg
  • Woman brooming the street in front of Mercy Church in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • People passing by Our Lady of Health Church in Ilha de Mozambique. This church is build on the separation betweeen colonial Stone City and Macuti Town, where most of islands population lives
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  • Golden altar in Our Lady of Health Church in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Saint Anthony statue in one of the rooms of the Saint Paul Palace Museum
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  • The only hidu person in Ilha de Mozambique takes care of the temple. The majority of people in the island are muslims
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  • View of Saint Paul Palace Museum interior from the choir balcony
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  • Fishermen arriving seen through one of the Great Mosque windows in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Daily life in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India.  The Dharbi slum is one of the largest in India and contains an entire ecosystem that offers residents the ability to never leave.
    PeterPereira-IndiaDharaviSlum-09.jpg
  • Daily life in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India.  The Dharbi slum is one of the largest in India and contains an entire ecosystem that offers residents the ability to never leave.
    PeterPereira-IndiaDharaviSlum-08.jpg
  • Daily life in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India.  The Dharbi slum is one of the largest in India and contains an entire ecosystem that offers residents the ability to never leave.
    PeterPereira-IndiaDharaviSlum-07.jpg
  • Man on the rooftop in Roca (farm) Sao Joaquim, looking at Agulhas (needles) Bay. At the distance the hills from the south part of the island can be seen. Tha south part has no road access.
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  • Dolce Sierra, 14, brings the crusifix into the church for Sunday Mass at the Saint Rose Lima chuch in Guaimaca, Honduras. Religion plays a central role in every Honduran's life.  Youngsters are enrolled in church teachings at an early age and carry their faith throughout their lives.   Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • A parishoner sits alone in the Saint Rose Lima church in Guaimaca, Honduras awaiting for the evening mass to begin.  Religion is a central part of every Honduran persons life.   Honduras is considered the third poorest country in the Western Hemisphere (Haiti, Nicaragua). With over 50% of the population living below the poverty line and 28% unemployed, Hondurans frequently turn to illegal immigration as a solution to their desperate situation. The Department of Homeland Security has noted an 95% increase in illegal immigrants coming from Honduras between 2000 and 2009, the largest increase of any country.
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  • For the Lord and the tv cameras to see,  apostle Jorge Tadeu speaks live on Mana Church network.
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  • On trance the believers rest on the ground after being touched and exorcised .
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  • People from the public seen at Bang Neow shrine in Phuket town during Phuket vegetarian festival. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai Teh and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the company’s example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
    h_Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2013okt...jpg
  • Onlookers watch an ongoing street procession during Phuket vegetarian festival. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai Teh and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the company’s example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
    h_Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2013okt...jpg
  • A young girl receive blessings during street procession in Phuket town. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
    h_Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2013okt...jpg
  • People from the public seen at Bang Neow shrine in Phuket town during Phuket vegetarian festival. The origins of the festival date back to 1825, when a traveling Chinese opera company came to Phuket to perform for the miners there. An epidemic broke out and as the members of the company fell sick, they adhered to a vegetarian diet to honor two of the Emperor Gods, Kiew Ong Tai Teh and Yok Ong Sone Teh. When they became well again shortly thereafter, the people of Phuket followed the company’s example - and have celebrated the festival ever since to bring good luck to their communities.
    h_Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2013okt...jpg
  • Daily life in the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, India.  The Dharbi slum is one of the largest in India and contains an entire ecosystem that offers residents the ability to never leave.
    PeterPereira-IndiaDharaviSlum-10.jpg
  • Boy walks near the statue of portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on the Square where is also build Saint Paul Palace-Museum . Vasco da Gama was Mozambique discoverer
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  • A hand points a house with hindu door in a street in the Stone City in Ilha de Mozambique
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  • Parishoners attend Sunday mass at the Saint Roch Catholic church atop the Saint Roch mountain above Carrefour, Haiti.  Over 80% of Haiti's population is Roman Catholic and their faith play an important part in their lives.
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  • Everyone is welcome at the convention. Whites, Blacks, Indians, Gypsies... Mana Church is present on more than 40 countries with 1000 temples.
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  • Motard believers on parade during the convention.
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  • Project about migrants and their daily life in Lisbon city center - Martim Moniz
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  • Street procession ending in Phuket town. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.
    h_Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2013okt...jpg
  • Young boys seen inside Bang Neow shrine during Phuket vegetarian festival. Every year during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Phuket Vegetarian Festival kicks off. The religious festival in Phuket, Thailand, lasts for 10 days, during which sacred rituals take place in the many Chinese shrines and temples. Walking on fire and climbing ladders with bladed rungs barefoot are two of several rituals believed to bring good fortune. The main purpose of the festival, however, is spiritual cleansing and merit-making.<br />
Participants of the festival adhere to a strict vegetarian diet for at least three days. This is one of the 10 main rules meant to ensure good hygiene and inner peace. Sex, alcohol, and meat are strictly forbidden. As cleanliness is considered to be of paramount importance, menstruating and pregnant women are not supposed to attend any of the rituals. The festival rules also call for impeccable mental and physical behavior as well as white clothing.
    h_Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2013okt...jpg
  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • A devotee prays during a ritual bath. Allahabad, February 2013. // The Maha Kumbh Mela is believed to be the single largest religious gathering in the world. It’s a sacred pilgrimage celebrated every twelve years. In 2013 it has taken place in Allahabad, in the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Millions of hindu people gather on a single day for a ritual bath in the sacred waters of Ganga. The event congregate millions of devotees, sadhus and sadhvis of all the akharas coming from all over India.
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  • 2015/11/24 - Medellín, Colombia: John Velásquez, best known as “Popeye”, prays to Maria "Rosa Mistica", the Virgin of Aguacatala in Medellín. "Popeye" was Pablo Escobar's former head assassin who was released last year from jail after 23 years of imprisonment. He confesses being the author of about 300 hundred murders ordered by Colombia's most famous drug lord. Velásquez is trying to integrate in society, writing already two book about his time with Escobar and has plans to make a movie. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • portraits of family and where the holy table with jose wife prays every day
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  • Pope Benedict XVI arrives to Cova de Iria where hundreds of thousand of people await him for the night prays. Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. . Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal. , in Fatima, a holy site for Christians where is believed that Holy Mary appeared to three shepherd children. Pope John Paul II attributes to Holy Mary of Fatima responsibility for the miracle of his salvation from the assassination atempt  he suffered in 1981 in San Peters Square in Italy. Pope Benedict is on a four-day visit to Portugal, one of the countries with the highest percentage of Catholics in Europe, Fatima, Portugal.
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  • A nun prays at the Apparition Chapel at the Catholic Fatima shrine in central Portugal 10 May 2006. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • Worshiper prays (R) as she walks on their knees in front of the Basilica of Fatima 14 February 2005 at the Fatima sanctuary in Fatima 120 km north of Lisbon.. Thousands of pilgrims converged on Fatima to celebrate the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children on 13 May 1917.PHOTO PAULO CUNHA/4SEE
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  • A child prays during the "holy bath"  during the St. Bartolomeu celebration. The "holy bath" is believed to drive away evil and cure diseases related with "demonic possession", such as stuttering or epilepsy. This tradition that dates back to the sixteenth century (1566), and it claims the devil is on the loose during this day. Every year on 24 August  faith and tradition join thousands of people at the feast of St. Bartolomeu do Mar, for ritual that mixes the sacred and the profane.
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  • Preacher Célio Ricardo, in the center, leads a pray in Amor de Deus Recovery Center, Del Castilho, Rio de Janeiro. Before each night of social action and evangelism, the evangelism team get together with the preacher to pray.
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  • One of the women that visited the mecca pray speaking in a microphone. The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • Ronel pray with the smaller kids of the camp in the kindergarten they made. Ronel volunteer to be a teacher of the kindergarten; since the pastor that comes every Sunday to Krugerdorp camp to celebrate mass doesn’t below to their congregation Ronel pray at school.
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  • Men pray in aseparate room respect the women. The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • Luisa Magalhães, age 44, comes from évora. Her husband will be operated and she comes to pray for him.<br />
 Every year on May 13th, believers from all over the world come to pray and pay their promises, walking on their knees. Fátima is the place where our Lady appeared to the three shepherds, and has become a santurary for Catholic church. It is a place filled with symbolism, of which results sacred rituals, practiced by those who seek the Divine connection, a way of spiritual purification.<br />
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In the places marked by the apparitions, chapels were built - 15 in total - in memory of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection - forming a "Via Sacra," a path taken by many faithful, until reaching the Sanctuary.<br />
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The faith that encourages them is strong. Is possible to feel their devotion to comply the final part of the journey of sacrifice. They come on their knees, accompanied by family, friends or alone.<br />
NO SALES IN PORTUGAL
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  • Crackland near Manguinhos shantytown. A member of evangelism team leads a pray together with a crack dependent.
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  • A women pray the holy mother that reach the church. Every seven years in August  in a small village named Guardia Sanframondi , a one-week long catholic procession, the “Riti Settennali” takes place. <br />
From Monday to Friday the flagellant walk in the street of the medieval village striking their back with small strips of metal to honour the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The last day, Sunday, the Virgin Mary from the main church is carried around the village and venerated by the “Battenti”. The “Battenti” are men that decide to commemorate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary beating their own chest with a cylindrical peace of cork pierced with needles (between 25 and 45).
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  • The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • Billy’s family pray all together. Since Billy wants to become a pastor of a Soweto’s church this is one important moment in the day.
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  • in the fair, the kalajdzii pray. Each spring in Mogila, Bulgaria, is celebrated the Gypsy Bride Market. In this festival the virginity is for sale. The honor can be bought. Every girl has a price to be agreed between the parents of the girl and the candidate. The price can range between 1.500 and 10.000€, in a country where the minimum salary is just over 100€. The market joins the Kalajdzii families, known as the thracians tinkerers, whose tradition is still alive. Many girls dress as real princesses, others prefer to dress in a modern way. They dance during hours the ring dance while grandparents and parents watch the way the young interrelate. Many girls dream to be married by the rite imposed by the tradition. Nowadays there are some girls that don’t agree with the tradition and would prefer not to marry, although they assist to these market all the times. Divorces and elopements, so far taboo, are becoming everytime more frequent. Beyond the topic, ethnologists, define it as the Kalajdzii’s disco, where the family honor is involved in a commercial transaction. This ritual has being celebrated for years, so anthropologists think is not going to change too much in future.
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  • Crackland near Manguinhos shantytown. A member of evangelism team leads a pray together with a crack dependent.
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  • Crackland near Manguinhos shantytown. A member of evangelism team leads a pray together with a crack dependent.
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  • A priest pray the day before the Virgin Mary day.In Ponticelli, the eastern outskirts of Naples, for 250 years, the 5th of August is celebrated the Mother of God with the title of “Our Lady of the Snows.”<br />
The statue of the patron is hoisted on top of the “Wagon”, the heavy machinery of the party of about 17 meters, carried by hand from less than a hundred men, along the streets of the neighborhood.<br />
The Virgin is enthroned above.<br />
In Via San Rocco the people, without effort, tap the wagon from the balconies, covering it sometimes with confetti.<br />
In Naples, in the places where degradation of culture and traditions are still popular, people condense in the briefest of moments, cyclical, of the party, its history daily, made of sweat, hopes, disappointments, fatigue, illness. The party therefore assumes a character of inevitability for its ability to signify all the painful complexity of life.
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  • Ritual pray in the Sangam. Allahabad, February 2013. // The Maha Kumbh Mela is believed to be the single largest religious gathering in the world. It’s a sacred pilgrimage celebrated every twelve years. In 2013 it has taken place in Allahabad, in the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Millions of hindu people gather on a single day for a ritual bath in the sacred waters of Ganga. The event congregate millions of devotees, sadhus and sadhvis of all the akharas coming from all over India. in the Sangam. Allahabad, February 2013. // The Maha Kumbh Mela is believed to be the single largest religious gathering in the world. It’s a sacred pilgrimage celebrated every twelve years. In 2013 it has taken place in Allahabad, in the confluence of the rivers Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati. Millions of hindu people gather on a single day for a ritual bath in the sacred waters of Ganga. The event congregate millions of devotees, sadhus and sadhvis of all the akharas coming from all over India.
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  • The days before the Virgin Mary day the setters of wagon pray.In Ponticelli, the eastern outskirts of Naples, for 250 years, the 5th of August is celebrated the Mother of God with the title of “Our Lady of the Snows.”<br />
The statue of the patron is hoisted on top of the “Wagon”, the heavy machinery of the party of about 17 meters, carried by hand from less than a hundred men, along the streets of the neighborhood.<br />
The Virgin is enthroned above.<br />
In Via San Rocco the people, without effort, tap the wagon from the balconies, covering it sometimes with confetti.<br />
In Naples, in the places where degradation of culture and traditions are still popular, people condense in the briefest of moments, cyclical, of the party, its history daily, made of sweat, hopes, disappointments, fatigue, illness. The party therefore assumes a character of inevitability for its ability to signify all the painful complexity of life.
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  • The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • Three women cut orange and lemon leavs during the celebration of the birthday of Mahomet. The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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  • The celebration of Mahomet birthday is an important event of the Islamic tradition. Keeping the tradition from one generation to the other, the Muslims women of Cape Town celebrate it cutting lemon and orange tree leaves that will gift to the men of the community. The particularity of the ceremony is that only the women can participate to the cutting of the leaves while the men of the community pray in one other room. The only “men” that are allowed are the children that still didn’t reach the puberty.
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