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		<title>Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Beauraing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: Belgium, 115km south of Brussels Our Lady’s connection: Apparitions to five children Over three months, between November 1932 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Charity of Cobre, Cuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 03:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: In eastern Cuba, near the city of Santiago Our Lady’s connection: Miraculous statue of Our Lady Every year [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines around the World: Black Madonna of Częstochowa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 03:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: Częstochowa, southern Poland Our Lady’s connection: Miraculous icon The Black Madonna of Częstochowa is one of Poland’s most [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines Around the World: Our Lady of Guadalupe</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 03:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: The shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is located in Mexico City. Our Lady’s connection: Apparitions to St [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Rome</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 03:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: In central Rome. Our Lady’s connection: Miraculous icon Around the corner from Rome’s dazzling basilica of St Mary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Lebanon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: In Harissa, near the city of Jounieh. Our Lady’s connection: Our Lady of Lebanon is a symbol of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Africa, Algeria</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2025 03:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: Algiers, the capital of mainly Muslim Algeria. Our Lady’s connection: A statue of Mary as a black woman. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines around the World: Our Lady of Mariazell, Austria</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 07:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that? In Styria province, southern Austria. Our Lady’s connection: A miraculous wooden statue. The Marian sanctuary of Mariazell is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shrines Around the World: Our Lady of Consolation, Turin</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gunther Simmermacher]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where’s that: Turin, the metropole of the Piedmont region in north-western Italy. Our Lady’s connection: Cure of a blind man. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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