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1 week ago

Brooklyn's annual Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast blends faith, tradition in local celebration

"Our Lady, in the year 1251, on July 16th, gave the scapula to Saint Simon as a gift and a promise of her assistance and prayer and our devotion to her," said Philip Franco, emcee and chairman of the event. "So for well over 800 years, it's been a big part of Catholicism."
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Gunmen kill 11 at religious festival in Mexico's Guanajuato state

"It was chaos. People put the wounded into their cars and rushed to hospital to try to save them," a witness said.
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fromwww.dw.com
5 months ago

India: Several feared dead after stampede at Kumbh Mela DW 01/29/2025

A tragic stampede at India's Maha Kumbh festival led to multiple fatalities and injuries during one of the world's largest religious gatherings.
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