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Pope Leo heads to Lourdes: What to know about one of Catholicism's most famous pilgrimage sites
Pope Leo XIV will visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes this weekend during his apostolic journey to France.
The sanctuary near the Spanish border attracts millions of pilgrims every year. Many visitors to the site are sick or disabled people who come to the Lourdes grotto to seek healing from the spring water.
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