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  • September 5, 2017 - Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Roman Catholic priests, nuns of the Missionaries of Charity order and devotees attend a service to commemorate the 20th death anniversary of Mother Teresa alongside her tomb at the Missionaries of Charity house on September 5, 2017 in Kolkata. (Credit Image: © Saikat Paul/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • October 3, 2018 - Athens, Greece - Priests wait for the start of Litany of Saint Dionysius the Areopagite in Athens (Credit Image: © Giorgos Zachos/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
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  • November 21, 2016 - Recife, Brazil - Gerlane Suerda  de Santana, 26, have four children and is pregnant of the fifth. She has never had a prenatal exam and does not know how many months she will have to wait to give birth. Suerda lives in the riverside community of Coque, in Recife, northeastern Brazil. Pope Francis authorized on Monday (21) that all priests of the Catholic Church can forgive abortion. With the decision, those who have abortions will no longer be excommunicated by the Church. With the cases of Zika Virus occurring in Brazil, pregnant women continue to worry about microcephaly and many women consider the hypothesis of abortion. (Credit Image: © Diego Herculano/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 21, 2016 - Recife, Brazil - Gerlane Suerda  de Santana, 26, have four children and is pregnant of the fifth. She has never had a prenatal exam and does not know how many months she will have to wait to give birth. Suerda lives in the riverside community of Coque, in Recife, northeastern Brazil. Pope Francis authorized on Monday (21) that all priests of the Catholic Church can forgive abortion. With the decision, those who have abortions will no longer be excommunicated by the Church. With the cases of Zika Virus occurring in Brazil, pregnant women continue to worry about microcephaly and many women consider the hypothesis of abortion. (Credit Image: © Diego Herculano/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 21, 2016 - Recife, Brazil - Gerlane Suerda  de Santana, 26, have four children and is pregnant of the fifth. She has never had a prenatal exam and does not know how many months she will have to wait to give birth. Suerda lives in the riverside community of Coque, in Recife, northeastern Brazil. Pope Francis authorized on Monday (21) that all priests of the Catholic Church can forgive abortion. With the decision, those who have abortions will no longer be excommunicated by the Church. With the cases of Zika Virus occurring in Brazil, pregnant women continue to worry about microcephaly and many women consider the hypothesis of abortion. (Credit Image: © Diego Herculano/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 21, 2016 - Recife, Brazil - Gerlane Suerda  de Santana, 26, have four children and is pregnant of the fifth. She has never had a prenatal exam and does not know how many months she will have to wait to give birth. Suerda lives in the riverside community of Coque, in Recife, northeastern Brazil. Pope Francis authorized on Monday (21) that all priests of the Catholic Church can forgive abortion. With the decision, those who have abortions will no longer be excommunicated by the Church. With the cases of Zika Virus occurring in Brazil, pregnant women continue to worry about microcephaly and many women consider the hypothesis of abortion. (Credit Image: © Diego Herculano/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 21, 2016 - Recife, Brazil - Gerlane Suerda  de Santana, 26, have four children and is pregnant of the fifth. She has never had a prenatal exam and does not know how many months she will have to wait to give birth. Suerda lives in the riverside community of Coque, in Recife, northeastern Brazil. Pope Francis authorized on Monday (21) that all priests of the Catholic Church can forgive abortion. With the decision, those who have abortions will no longer be excommunicated by the Church. With the cases of Zika Virus occurring in Brazil, pregnant women continue to worry about microcephaly and many women consider the hypothesis of abortion. (Credit Image: © Diego Herculano/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • May 20, 2017 - Toronto, ONTARIO, Canada - Tamil Hindu priest performs special prayers honoring Lord Shiva at a Tamil Hindu temple in Ontario, Canada. (Credit Image: © Creative Touch Imaging Ltd/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 30, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Nepalese devotees pull a chariot during the Ganga Mai Chariot festival in Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, June 30, 2017.  Ganga, the goddess of holy water is worshipped on this day for rainfall and betterment of crops during the season. (Credit Image: © Skanda Gautam via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 4, 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine - People stay in queue to pay their last respect to the Major Archeparch Emeritus of UGCC Lubomyr Husar. Ukrainian faithful pay last respect to the former Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kiev, Ukraine, June 4, 2017. (Credit Image: © Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • January 2, 2018 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Nepalese devotees carrying Trishna Shakya, 3yrs old Kumari or living goddess back towards Kumari Ghar or Home through destructed heritage monuments after observing the Changu Narayan festival celebrated at Hunuman Dhoka, Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, January 02, 2018. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • August 4, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Nepalese devotees carrying Kumari or living goddess of Nepal towards the Changu Narayan or Shree Champak Narayan Kalasa Yatra Jatra festival celebrated in Hunuman Dhoka, Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, August 04, 2017. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 5, 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine - People stay around the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection while the clearing carries the coffin with the body of Cardinal Husar round the church. The former Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar was buried in the undercrofts of Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kiev, Ukraine, June 5, 2017. (Credit Image: © Sergii Kharchenko/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 5, 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine - Greek Catholic believers attend the funeral ceremony of Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, ex-head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, at Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kiev, Ukraine, 05 June, 2017. Lubomyr Husar, 84, who headed the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 2005 to 2011, died on May 31. (Credit Image: © Str/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • July 26, 2017 - Kiev, Ukraine - Priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate pray during a procession marking the Christianisation of the country, which was known as Kievan Rus at the time, by its grand prince Vladimir I (Vladimir the Great) in 988AD, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 27, 2017. (Credit Image: © Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • Vatican, Rome - May 12, 2019.Pope Francis ordains 19 new priests during a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 12, 2019 (Credit Image: © Maria Grazia Picciarella/Ropi via ZUMA Press)
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  • Vatican, Rome - May 12, 2019.Pope Francis gives his blessing during the Regina Caeli Prayer flanked by two newly ordained priests from the window of his study overlooking St Peter's Square at the Vatican after celebrating a priesthood ordination and mass in St Peter's Basilica on May 12, 2019 (Credit Image: © Maria Grazia Picciarella/Ropi via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 25, 2017 - Luoyang, Luoyang, China - Luoyang, CHINA-April 25 2017: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT)..Hundreds of Taoist priests kneel down at each step to worship Laozi in front of the world's tallest statue of Laozi at Laojun Mountain in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province, April 25th, 2017. The bronze statue of Laozi is verified by Guinness World Records as the world's tallest bronze statue of Laozi. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)
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  • July 4, 2018 - Casale Di Principe, Campania/Caserta, Italy - '' Festival dell'impegno Civile'', on the occasion of the ''Don Peppe Diana'' prize, the priest of the Camorra victim in the confiscated asset called “Casa Don Diana”.In picture in order L to R: Luigi Di Maio,Ministro dello Sviluppo Economico e Ministro del lavoro e delle politiche sociali (Minister of Labor) and Vice premier, Sergio Costa,Ministro dell'Ambiente e della Tutela del territorio e del Mare ( Environment Minister)..'' Festival dell'impegno Civile'', on the occasion of the ''Don Peppe Diana'' prize, the priest of the Camorra victim in the confiscated asset called “Casa Don Dianaâ (Credit Image: © Salvatore Esposito/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 18, 2017 - Boxmeer, Netherland - People take part a the ''Boxmeerse Vaart'' - an ancient Holy Blood procession that originated in the year 1400 in Boxmeer, Netherlands, on 18 June 2017.. Thousands of people attended the Procession, which has been held every year on second Sunday after Whitsun. The tradition recovers that a priest doubted to the conversion of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ. Blood sparkled over the cup and a drop of blood remained on the corporale (white linen) behind after the priest its error recognized. This white linen has been kept in the old silver reliquary remained and put away and becomes shown in the Boxmeer-Procession. (Credit Image: © Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • February 11, 2019 - Oldham, England, United Kingdom - Paul Scholes, pictured with club owner Abdallah Lemsagam and assistant manager Mick Priest. is unveiled as Oldham Athletic manager at Boundary Park, Oldham on Monday 11th February 2019. (Credit Image: © Mi News/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • February 11, 2019 - Oldham, England, United Kingdom - Paul Scholes and assistant manager Mick Priest. is unveiled as Oldham Athletic manager at Boundary Park, Oldham on Monday 11th February 2019. (Credit Image: © Mi News/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • February 11, 2019 - Oldham, England, United Kingdom - Paul Scholes, pictured with club owner Abdallah Lemsagam and assistant manager Mick Priest. is unveiled as Oldham Athletic manager at Boundary Park, Oldham on Monday 11th February 2019. (Credit Image: © Mi News/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 30, 2019 - Lalitpur, Nepal - A priest giving touches on an idol of the God of Rain ''Rato Machhindranath'' for the deity chariot procession inside the divine being's temple in Lalitpur, Nepal on Tuesday, April 30, 2019. Both Hindus and Buddhists worship Rato Machhindranath the God of Rain praying for good harvest. Devotees worship Machhendranath to prevent drought during the rice harvest season. A chariot of the deity placed inside is paraded around the ancient city and thousands of devotees from across the valley come to worship the God of Rain. (Credit Image: © Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Wire)
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  • October 20, 2018 - Krosno, Poland - Each year, we hear about various scandals involving the clergy of the Catholic Church. Fraud, pedophilia, alcoholism are just some of them. On the picture: A priest wears a clerical collar, cross (Credit Image: © Damian Klamka via ZUMA Wire)
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  • August 4, 2017 - Rear view of priest holding scroll at Shinto Sakurai Shrine, Fukuoka, Japan. (Credit Image: © Mint Images via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 14, 2018 - Srinagar, Kashmir, India - Holy Priest Displays The Holy Relic Believed to be a hair from the beard of Prophet Mohammed PBUH on the occasion of Mehraj-ul-Nabi at Hazratbal Shrine In Srinagar Summer Capital Of Indian Kashmir. (Credit Image: © Abbas Idrees/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
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  • October 14, 2017 - Allahabad, India - An indian priest performs special dhooni aarti on the banks of holy sangam ,confluence of Ganges ,Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, ahead of Deewali festival ,in Allahabad on October 14,2017. (Credit Image: © Ritesh Shukla/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • July 30, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - A Hindu priest pours milk to the idol of Lord Shiva while offering prayers at the Shiva temple. The Shrawan month is considered by Hindus auspicious for offering prayers to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction and creation, for happiness and prosperity. (Credit Image: © Sunil Sharma via ZUMA Wire)
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  • October 29, 2016 - Al Hamdaniyah, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq - Surrounded by charred walls and in front of a ruined altar, a priest of the Immaculate Church stands in his destroyed church in Al Hamdaniyah. (Credit Image: © Berci Feher via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 29, 2019 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - Ghambir Nekhu, 48 yrs old, priest painting on the statue of Idol Rato Machindranath 'Rain of God' at Machindra Bahal, Laltipur, Nepal on Monday, April 29, 2019. The longest festival of Nepal, Rato Machindranath Festival continues by pulling the chariot from May 08, 2019 onwards from Pulchowk. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'god of rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • October 10, 2018 - Baikonur, Kazakhstan - Russian Orthodox priest, Father Sergei during the traditional blessing of the Soyuz spacecraft on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome October 10, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. International Space Station Expedition 57 crew Nick Hague of NASA and Alexey Ovchinin of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch on October 11th and will spend the next six months living and working aboard the International Space Station. (Credit Image: © Bill Ingalls via ZUMA Wire)
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  • November 13, 2016 - Athens, Attica, Greece - An Orthodox Priest runs in the Athens Marathon. Thousands of people from all over the world took part in the 2016 Athens Marathon the Authentic, which starts in the town of Marathon and is ending in Athens, the route, which according to legend was first run by the Greek messenger Pheidippides in 490 BC. (Credit Image: © Michael Debets/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Priestley, Spelling and Garth back together filming Beverly Hills 90210 Reunion. The cast of Beverly Hills 90210 were spotted filming in Vancouver, Canada. The scene involved the famous High School group arriving at a court house with police holding back crowds. Jason Priestly, Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth were spotted greeting fans during filming who were holding up pictures of them from the hit TV show. The new season is a mockumentary style show were the actors appear to play former versions of themselves from the hit TV show. 19 Jun 2019 Pictured: Jason Priestley, Tori Spelling, Jennie Garth. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • September 30, 2018 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Patriarch Bartholomew visits Thessaloniki Allied Cemetery (Zeitenlik) , Greece, on 30 September 2018 for the 100th anniversary of the end of the WWI. Zeitenlik Allied cemeteries in Thessaloniki, Greece is the largest necropolis in Greece with 20.000 soldiers buried there, most of them are the 8089 French and 7500 Serbians. Along with the Patriarch was Patriarch Irinej of Serbia and Greek politicians. (Credit Image: © Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/ZUMA Press)
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  • April 14, 2017 - Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland - Suspended Fr. Piotr Natanek  (Credit Image: © Artur Widak/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 28, 2018 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - Nepalese male devotees blocked by female nepalese police personnel during Nepalese Female devotees arranging to pull the chariot of the Rato Machindranath from Lagankhel to Thati tole on Saturday, April 28, 2018. As per time honored tradition, the chariot is pulled exclusively by women. This part of the chariot procession is known as Yakah Misaya Bhujya. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'god of rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 10, 2017 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - Devotees carrying God Ganesh for the chariot pulling festival on the last day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated in Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, September 11, 2017. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 14, 2017 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Believers pray during a mass for Santo Antonio (St.Antony) day at the Santo Antonio Convent and Church in São Paulo, Brazil, on June 13, 2017. (Credit Image: © Cris Faga/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • March 22, 2019 - Nala, NP, Nepal - A portrait of little girls from the Newar community arrives for the rituals of the first marriage Ehi celebration during the auspicious occasion of God of Rain, Seto Machhendranath Festival in Nala, Kavre, Nepal on Friday, March 22, 2019. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • November 22, 2018 - Leiden, Netherlands - Historical marker to the memory of John Robinson, Pastor of the English church in Leiden from 1609 to 1625 on 22th November 2018 in Leiden, The Netherlands. (Credit Image: © Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • July 31, 2018 - Caivano, Campania/Napoli, Italy - The citizens of Caivano, in the province of Naples, demonstrate against the spread of the phenomenon of toxic bonfires in the territories of the ''Terra dei Fuochi''.In photo a moment of protest (Credit Image: © Salvatore Esposito/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • July 6, 2018 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A little girl reacts as balanced on top of a chariot during the Trishul Jatra festival celebrated in Jayabageshwari, Kathmandu, Nepal on Friday, June 06, 2018. On this day a chariot is pulled around the streets and Festival is celebrated by Hindus who believe that their children will be blessed by good health after participation in the ritual. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • NEW YORK, NY - MAY 22: Bishop Michael Curry presiding bishop over U.S. Episcopal Church who spoke at the Royal Wedding of Meghan Markle (Meghan, Dutchess of Sussex) and Prince Harry spoke to reporters as he was leaving 'The View' in New York, New York on May 22, 2018. CAP/MPI/RMP ©RMP/MPI/Capital Pictures. 22 May 2018 Pictured: Bishop Michael Curry. Photo credit: RMP/MPI/Capital Pictures / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • April 27, 2018 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - Nepalese people offering rituals during a Rato Machindranath festival celebrated at Lagankhel, Laltipur, Nepal on Friday, April 27, 2018. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'god of rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. According to old belief, whoever catches the thrown holy coconut fruit, it will be blessed with a baby son and will have a prosper life year ahead. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 27, 2018 - Kyiv, Ukraine - Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine Filaret (R) and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine Shigeki Sumi (L) attend a ceremony to plant sakuras on the premises of the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, April 27, 2018. Ukrinform. (Credit Image: © Danil Shamkin/Ukrinform via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 26, 2018 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - 5 yrs old Living goddess of Patan, Nihira Bajracharya, arrive to observe the Chariot Pulling Festival of Rato Machindranath 'God of Rain' from Lagankhel on Thursday, April 26, 2018. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'god of rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 18, 2018 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - Nepalese people from Barahi community making the chariot of Idol Rato Machindranath 'Rain of God' at Pulchowk, Laltipur, Nepal on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The longest festival of Nepal, Rato Machindranath Festival continues by pulling the chariot from Thursday, April 19, 2018 onwards from Pulchowk. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'god of rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 10, 2017 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - A mask dancer 'Lakhay', dancing in the traditional ritual tunes of drums on the last day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated in Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Sunday, September 11, 2017. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • September 7, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Nepalese devotees dressed as various God and Goddess holds oil lamp during fifth day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. The huge mask of Swet Bhairab is only open for a week during Indra Jatra festival. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for a week in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • September 7, 2017 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - Nepalese devotees offering butter lamps around the premises of Basantapur durbar Square on the fifth day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated in Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 07, 2017. The huge mask of Swet Bhairab is only open for a week during Indra Jatra festival. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for a week in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 7, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - A street vendor selling offering materials around the premises of Basantapur durbar Square on the fifth day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated in Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 07, 2017. The huge mask of Swet Bhairab is only open for a week during Indra Jatra festival. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for a week in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • September 6, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Goddess 'Kumari' living goddess of Kathmandu walks towards chariot for the chariot pulling festival on the fourth day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Wednesday, September 06, 2017. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu.  Indra Jatra is one of the important festivals of Nepal celebrating the end of the monsoon.The biggest festival when Kumari shows up in the public is in Indra Jatra. On the following day the chariot of Kumari, Bhairab and Ganesh pulled around the streets of Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal. the living goddess Kumari is taken out in a procession in a chariot. The festival continues for eight days during which time there is much rejoicing, dancing and feasting. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • June 17, 2017 - Casoria, Campania/Napoli, Italy - Religious procession San Ludovico da Casoria.Religious procession on the streets of Casoria, during the celebrations of San Ludovico da Casoria.In photo a  moment of the procession of San Ludovico da Casoria..Religious procession San Ludovico da Casoria.Religious procession on the streets of Casoria, during the celebrations of San Ludovico da Casoria (Credit Image: © Salvatore Esposito/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • May 24, 2017 - Moscow, Russia - May 24, 2017. - Russia, Moscow. - Russian President Vladimir Putin (right), Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (2nd left) and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during their meeting. (Credit Image: © Russian Look via ZUMA Wire)
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  • May 24, 2017 - Moscow, Russia - May 24, 2017. - Russia, Moscow. - Russian President Vladimir Putin (right), Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (2nd left) and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during their meeting. (Credit Image: © Russian Look via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 30, 2017 - Laltipur, NP, Nepal - Devotees playing traditional instruments during Chariot pulling festival of Rato Machindranath 'God of Rain' on first day at Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal on Sunday, April 30, 2017. The longest festival of Nepal, Rato Machindranath Festival continues from May 10, 2016. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'god of rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 30, 2017 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - The Local leader on the chariot leads to pull Chariot of Rato Machindranath 'God of Rain' on first day at Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal on Sunday, April 30, 2017. The longest festival of Nepal, Rato Machindranath Festival continues from May 10, 2016. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'god of rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 28, 2017 - Srinagar, India - Kashmiri Muslims devotees  pray in the Hazratbal Shrine on the outskirts of Srinagar, the holy relic believed to be the hair of the Prophet Mohammed on the occasion of theFriday following of Mehraj-u-Alam, the night of ascent when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) ascended to the highest levels of Heavens, at the Hazratbal Shrine in the outskirts of Srinagar Indian Controlled Kashmir on Friday, April 28, 2017. Thousands of Muslims including men and women from different parts of Kashmir thronged the shrine to have a glimpse of holy relic. The relic is displayed to the devotees on important Islamic days such as the Mehraj-ul-Alam (Credit Image: © Umer Asif/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 27, 2017 - Kathmandu, NP, Nepal - Devotees plays and sing traditional songs and traditional instruments during on a first day of festival commencement on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The longest festival of Nepal, Rato Machindranath Festival continues by pulling the chariot from May 1, 2017 from Pulchowk. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'God of Rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 27, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - A Portrait of Idol Rato Machindranath 'God of Rain' at Machindra Bahal, Laltipur, Nepal on Thursday, April 27, 2017. The longest festival of Nepal, Rato Machindranath Festival continues by pulling the chariot from May 1, 2017 from Pulchowk. Rato Machindranath is also said as the 'God of Rain' and both Hindus and Buddhists worship the Machindranath in hope of good rain to prevent drought during the rice plantation season. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - God 'Bhairab' walks towards chariot for the chariot pulling festival on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - Preist on a traditional attire playing traditional drums attending on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - A Portrait of Nepalese army personnel of Gurju Paltan participate on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - A Nepalese devotees observing festival from the traditional window on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - Devotees carrying God 'Ganesh' for the chariot pulling festival on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - Thousands of Nepalese devotees observing the festival on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - Devotees carrying Goddess 'Kumari' for the chariot pulling festival on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - Traditional mask dancer, dancing in the ritual tunes on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - Thousands of Nepalese devotees observing the festival on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • September 15, 2016 - Kathmandu, NE, Nepal - Kid Playing on a chariot of deity on the third day of Indra Jatra Festival celebrated at Basantapur Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal on Thursday, September 15, 2016. Devotees celebrated the god of rain 'Indra' for 8 days in Kathmandu. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • NEW YORK, NY - MAY 22: Bishop Michael Curry presiding bishop over U.S. Episcopal Church who spoke at the Royal Wedding of Meghan Markle (Meghan, Dutchess of Sussex) and Prince Harry spoke to reporters as he was leaving 'The View' in New York, New York on May 22, 2018. CAP/MPI/RMP ©RMP/MPI/Capital Pictures. 22 May 2018 Pictured: Bishop Michael Curry. Photo credit: RMP/MPI/Capital Pictures / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • November 2, 2018 - Dhaka, Bangladesh - DHAKA, BANGLADESH - NOVEMBER 02 : Christian devotees observe All Souls' Day, known as the Feast of All Souls, Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed in Dhaka , Bangladesh on November 02, 2018...On this day, Christians come to the graveyard and pray for the departed souls of their loved ones..All Soul's Day is a Roman Catholic day of remembrance for friends and loved ones who have passed away. This comes from the ancient Pagan Festival of the Dead, which celebrated the Pagan belief that the souls of the dead would return for a meal with the family. Candles in the window would guide the souls back home, and another place was set at the table. Children would come through the village, asking for food to be offered symbolically to the dead, and then donated to feed the hungry..The importance of All Souls Day was made clear by Pope Benedict XV (1914-22), when he granted all priests the privilege of celebrating three Masses on All Souls Day: one, for the faithful departed; one for the priest's intentions; and one for the intentions of the Holy Father. Only on a handful of other very important feast days are priests allowed to celebrate more than two Masses. (Credit Image: © Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/ZUMA Wire)
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  • May 23, 2019 - Sioux City, IOWA, USA - TIM LENNON, president of the board of directors for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) works to keep attention on the Catholic Church's silence about abuse and holds a press conference in front of the Cathedral of the Epiphany of the Sioux City Diocese in Sioux City Iowa, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Lennon, now residing in Tuscon, AZ,  says he was abused in 1960 by  Fr. Peter Murphy when he was a child growing up in Sioux City and attending Blessed Sacrament church. Lennon came forward in 2016 to publicly accuse the now deceased priest. (Credit Image: © Jerry Mennenga/ZUMA Wire)
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - At the crypt of the Mother Church dedicated to San Nicolò of Bari in Gangi, Sicily, Italy on January 2019 one can discover standing well aligned in niches, the well conserved mummies of 44 priests of the parish "Once a month", Father Don Giuseppe known as Pinot said, "I celebrate the mass here surrounded by my faithful and by my fellows. They remind us that we are passing through this earth and they are still part of our lives years after their departure. You will notice that each one of them displays above their heads a eulogy in the form of a poem retracing their lives."<br />
Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • October 7, 2018 - Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland - Protester seen standing outside a church reading a testimony of a child who was molested by a priest during the protest..Hundreds of People Protest against children sexual violence from unpunished perpetrators in cassocks, bishops and the Catholic Church as an institution that for decades has tolerated the criminal activities of its employees and consistently refuse to disclose data of priests-criminals to the law enforcement agencies, they also read a list of cities and villages where clergymen molested children and published the map of church pedophilia. (Credit Image: © Attila Husejnow/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 27, 2017 - Lalitpur, Nepal - Priests carry Idol of Rato Machhendranath to its place at chariot for the upcoming Rato Machhendranath festival. Rato Machhindranath is known as the god of rain worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists. (Credit Image: © Archana Shrestha/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • May 5, 2019 - Lalitpur, Nepal - Priests carry the idol of God of Rain ''Rato Machhindranath'' to place the deity inside the chariot in Lalitpur, Nepal on Sunday, May 5, 2019. Both Hindus and Buddhists worship Rato Machhindranath the God of Rain praying for good harvest. Devotees worship Machhendranath to prevent drought during the rice harvest season. A chariot of the deity placed inside is paraded around the ancient city and thousands of devotees from across the valley come to worship the God of Rain. (Credit Image: © Skanda Gautam/ZUMA Wire)
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  • June 9, 2017 - Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Indian Hindu priests  carrying the idol God  Jagannath before the of holy Snan Yatra or bathing ceremony ahead of their Ratha Yatra or chariot festival in Kolkata , India on Friday, 9th June , 2017. (Credit Image: © Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Priests carry the idol of Seto Machhendranath towards chariot from the temple  during the celebration of Seto Machhendranath Chariot festival on the first day in Kathmandu, Nepal. HIndus and Boudhist both worship Seto Machhendranath as God of rain and prosperity. (Credit Image: © Archana Shrestha/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 4, 2017 - Kathmandu, Nepal - Priests taking holy bath before carrying idol Seto Machindranath towards chariot for the annual festival of Seto Machindranath Chariot festival at Kathmandu, Nepal on Tuesday, April 04, 2017. Devotees celebrates weeklong festival of idol Seto Machindranath for timely rainfall and good harvest. (Credit Image: © Narayan Maharjan/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019. The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies. Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their number, recently dead brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him into the catacombs. The cemetery was first reserved for ecclesiastical workers, then accepted deceased from all walks of life, and experienced its greatest popularity during the 19th century. An inscription hanging from the neck or pinned to the chest, indicates the name, birth and death dates of the deceased.The cemetary was officially closed by civil order in 1880. But the last burials are from the 1920s. The cemetary has now become a kind of museum, filled with the forgotten dead, who are watched over by a group of Capuchin monks. Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019. The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies. Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their number, recently dead brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him into the catacombs. The cemetery was first reserved for ecclesiastical workers, then accepted deceased from all walks of life, and experienced its greatest popularity during the 19th century. An inscription hanging from the neck or pinned to the chest, indicates the name, birth and death dates of the deceased.The cemetary was officially closed by civil order in 1880. But the last burials are from the 1920s. The cemetary has now become a kind of museum, filled with the forgotten dead, who are watched over by a group of Capuchin monks. Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019. The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies. Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their number, recently dead brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him into the catacombs. The cemetery was first reserved for ecclesiastical workers, then accepted deceased from all walks of life, and experienced its greatest popularity during the 19th century. An inscription hanging from the neck or pinned to the chest, indicates the name, birth and death dates of the deceased.The cemetary was officially closed by civil order in 1880. But the last burials are from the 1920s. The cemetary has now become a kind of museum, filled with the forgotten dead, who are watched over by a group of Capuchin monks. Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019. The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies. Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their number, recently dead brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him into the catacombs. The cemetery was first reserved for ecclesiastical workers, then accepted deceased from all walks of life, and experienced its greatest popularity during the 19th century. An inscription hanging from the neck or pinned to the chest, indicates the name, birth and death dates of the deceased.The cemetary was officially closed by civil order in 1880. But the last burials are from the 1920s. The cemetary has now become a kind of museum, filled with the forgotten dead, who are watched over by a group of Capuchin monks. Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - In the crypt of the Capuchin Church of Burgio, a magnificent village situated 100 kilometres south of Palermo,Sicily, Italy on January 2019 the dead are perfectly staged. In all, there are around 50 mummies, most in the upright position, all elegantly dressed. The women wear splendid lace dresses, a little faded, and the men their best hat. Almost all of these mummies date to the 18th and 19th centuries. The most recent were added at the beginning of the 20th century. In the shadows, illuminated with a small bright torch, Luisa Maria Lo Gerfo examines the skull of an elegant bourgeois deceased 150 years ago. Anthropologist, biologist, archaeologist and Sicilian mummy specialist, she regularly works on mummies whether they are in an upright position or elongated in richly decorated open coffins. She measures limbs, diagnoses diseases according to abnormalities and scars, inspects dresses, mantillas, costumes, top hats and scarves. "Not everyone could afford to be mummified", she explains. "The more one was part of high society, the closer one was to the altar, the heart of the church. The poorest were buried outside the church." Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - In the crypt of the Capuchin Church of Burgio, a magnificent village situated 100 kilometres south of Palermo,Sicily, Italy on January 2019 the dead are perfectly staged. In all, there are around 50 mummies, most in the upright position, all elegantly dressed. The women wear splendid lace dresses, a little faded, and the men their best hat. Almost all of these mummies date to the 18th and 19th centuries. The most recent were added at the beginning of the 20th century. In the shadows, illuminated with a small bright torch, Luisa Maria Lo Gerfo examines the skull of an elegant bourgeois deceased 150 years ago. Anthropologist, biologist, archaeologist and Sicilian mummy specialist, she regularly works on mummies whether they are in an upright position or elongated in richly decorated open coffins. She measures limbs, diagnoses diseases according to abnormalities and scars, inspects dresses, mantillas, costumes, top hats and scarves. "Not everyone could afford to be mummified", she explains. "The more one was part of high society, the closer one was to the altar, the heart of the church. The poorest were buried outside the church." Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea in his office at the Vatican on November 9, 2015. He is the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Highest authority on liturgical matters in the Church he recently appealed to the priests to face East during their liturgical celebrations.He is the author of the books God Or Nothing: A Conversation On Faith and La Force Du Silence (in French). The cardinal from a remote African village has become a standard bearer for Catholic orthodoxy and has emerged as a serious papabile. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea at Villa Bonaparte in Rome, Italy on December 6, 2014. He is the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Highest authority on liturgical matters in the Church he recently appealed to the priests to face East during their liturgical celebrations.He is the author of the books God Or Nothing: A Conversation On Faith and La Force Du Silence (in French). The cardinal from a remote African village has become a standard bearer for Catholic orthodoxy and has emerged as a serious papabile. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea at Villa Bonaparte in Rome, Italy on December 6, 2014. He is the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Highest authority on liturgical matters in the Church he recently appealed to the priests to face East during their liturgical celebrations.He is the author of the books God Or Nothing: A Conversation On Faith and La Force Du Silence (in French). The cardinal from a remote African village has become a standard bearer for Catholic orthodoxy and has emerged as a serious papabile. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • Cardinal Robert Sarah of Guinea in his office at the Vatican on November 9, 2015. He is the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Highest authority on liturgical matters in the Church he recently appealed to the priests to face East during their liturgical celebrations.He is the author of the books God Or Nothing: A Conversation On Faith and La Force Du Silence (in French). The cardinal from a remote African village has become a standard bearer for Catholic orthodoxy and has emerged as a serious papabile. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019. The mummified body of Antonio Prestigiacomo ( d.1844) one of the best preserved. The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies. Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their number, recently dead brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him into the catacombs. The cemetery was first reserved for ecclesiastical workers, then accepted deceased from all walks of life, and experienced its greatest popularity during the 19th century. An inscription hanging from the neck or pinned to the chest, indicates the name, birth and death dates of the deceased.The cemetary was officially closed by civil order in 1880. But the last burials are from the 1920s. The cemetary has now become a kind of museum, filled with the forgotten dead, who are watched over by a group of Capuchin monks. Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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  • NO WEB FOR FRANCE - The Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo, Sicily, Italy on January 2019. The catacombs contain about 8000 corpses and 1252 mummies. Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their number, recently dead brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him into the catacombs. The cemetery was first reserved for ecclesiastical workers, then accepted deceased from all walks of life, and experienced its greatest popularity during the 19th century. An inscription hanging from the neck or pinned to the chest, indicates the name, birth and death dates of the deceased.The cemetary was officially closed by civil order in 1880. But the last burials are from the 1920s. The cemetary has now become a kind of museum, filled with the forgotten dead, who are watched over by a group of Capuchin monks. Sicily will reveal over time a real research laboratory on mummification. It is spreading throughout the island and there is not an important village in sight that does not display the bodies of their priests, monks or citizens in the crypt of their church. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM
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