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  • Lunchtime Londoners rest in summer sunshine beneath a crucifix, 15th August 2016 in the City of London, UK. Siting on benches outside the church of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe on Queen Victoria Street. As the effigy of jesus seemingly looks down at her, the lady is asleep with head tilted at an awkward angle, a man sits with the remains of his lunch by his side. First mentioned around 1170, the church got its name when in 1361, Edward III moved his Royal Wardrobe to just north of the church. It was from this association that the church acquired its unique name. It was lost in the Great Fire of London in 1666 then rebuilt in 1695 and destroyed again by German bombing during WW2. when only the tower and walls survived. It was rebuilt and rededicated in 1961.
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  • A Christian crucifix stands encased in a wooden box that has been attached to a panelled wall in Quebec, Canada. The image is white except for the Jesus icon itself and coloured lights which glow on this dark afternoon in the depths of Winter. The religious shrine consists of the human effigy standing a plinth next to faded dried flowers. On the left side are six wheel hubs also fixed to a wire fence that borders this person's property. Their decorative design suggests the Canadian owner likes driving sports or utility vehicles but who is also a worshipper of the Christian faith and believer in idols. Canada's 2001 Census showed, 72% of the Canadian population listed Roman Catholicism or Protestantism as their religion. The Roman Catholic Church in Canada is by far the country's largest single denomination.
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  • Crucifix in silhouette as the sun shines through the mist St Cirq-Lapopie, France. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France The most beautiful villages of France association. Its position, originally selected for defense, perched on a steep cliff 100 m above the river has helped make the town one of the most popular tourist destinations in the department.
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  • Crucifix in silhouette as the sun shines through the mist Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France The most beautiful villages of France association. Its position, originally selected for defense, perched on a steep cliff 100 m above the river has helped make the town one of the most popular tourist destinations in the department.
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  • Crucifix in silhouette as the sun shines through the mist St Cirq-Lapopie, France. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is a member of the Les Plus Beaux Villages de France The most beautiful villages of France association. Its position, originally selected for defense, perched on a steep cliff 100 m above the river has helped make the town one of the most popular tourist destinations in the department.
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  • Typical Tyrolean wooden crucifix on a backstreet courtyard wall in the modern town of Klausen-Chiusa in south Tyrol, north Italy. The tiny courtyard has been swallowed up into the more modern parts of town but the history and architectural style of past centuries can still be seen. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative - though it depends on the areas and they erect such shrines almost anywhere though especially in vineyards or meadows or in villages where an agricultural holy omen is welcomed for good harvests.
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  • A man sits beneath a large Jesus crucifix on the wall of a church in the town of Klausen-Chiusa in the south Tyrol, Italy.South Tyrol is a very religious and traditional country. The weekly walk to Mass and the celebration of religious festivals and processions are part of the culture and tradition in South Tyrol. In almost every house you will find a cross on a corner with consecrated palm branches over there. Also in the stable there are consecrated palm branches to keep away every disaster. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative.
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  • Detail of a Jesus crucifix in Pransasores, a Dolomites hamlet in the Badia region of south Tyrol, Italy. South Tyrol is a very religious and traditional country. The weekly walk to Mass and the celebration of religious festivals and processions are part of the culture and tradition in South Tyrol. In almost every house you will find a cross on a corner with consecrated palm branches over there. Also in the stable there are consecrated palm branches to keep away every disaster. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative.
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  • A Catholic crucifix and vineyard in the wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative - though it depends on the areas. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). Locals erect such shrines almost anywhere though especially in vineyards or meadows or in villages where an agricultural holy omen is welcomed for good harvests.
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  • Detail of a crucifix on a derelict grave in a rural French hamlet in Indre-et-Loire. The long-forgotten effigy lies leaning against the piled up stone remains of the grave, gathered up and left in the corner, tidied up and abandoned by the authorities.
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  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church near Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once here in Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
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  • Woman carrying red umbrella walks towartds shop, under large town crucifix in Klausen-Chiusa in the Italian south Tyrol. Using an umbrella against the summer shower, she walks towards the town centre beneath a large cross. Klausen (Italian: Chiusa) is a commune (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northeast of the city of Bolzano. In the 2011 census, 91.3% of the population speak German, 7.9% Italian and 0.8% spoke the ancient Ladin langauge as their mother tongue. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative - though it depends on the areas and they erect such shrines almost anywhere though especially in vineyards or meadows or in villages where an agricultural holy omen is welcomed for good harvests.
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  • A crucifix located on the edge of a vineyard in the South Tyrolean town of Klausen-Chiusa in northern Italy. South Tyrol is a very religious and traditional country. The weekly walk to Mass and the celebration of religious festivals and processions are part of the culture and tradition in South Tyrol. In almost every house you will find a cross on a corner with consecrated palm branches over there. Also in the stable there are consecrated palm branches to keep away every disaster. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative.
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  • Rural crucifix and red flowers on a roadside shrine on the Jaufenpass in South Tyrol, northern Italy. South Tyrol is a very religious and traditional country. The weekly walk to Mass and the celebration of religious festivals and processions are part of the culture and tradition in South Tyrol. In almost every house you will find a cross on a corner with consecrated palm branches over there. Also in the stable there are consecrated palm branches to keep away every disaster. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative.
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  • A pectoral crucifix cross worn by an anonymous Anglican (Protestant Church of England) Bishop during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • A sheet metal Jesus crucifix a popular local copy from an historical Rutherian church outside an abandoned industrial building on the outskirts of Jaworki, on 20th September 2019, <br />
near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland. The village of a thriving Rutherian community was once in nearby Biala Woda where over 100 farms were located - the remains of which are still seen. A wooden cross with a figure of Christ cut from sheet metal survived the culture. Similar crosses and chapels can be found in the colloquial language of White Water  in the Romanian, Ukrainian or Eastern Slovakia Carpathians. 
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  • A Catholic crucifix and vineyard in the wine growing region south-west of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative - though it depends on the areas. In South Tyrol there are three indigenous wine varieties: Schiava, Gewürztraminer and Lagrein. The Überetsch (Oltradige in Italian) is a hilly section of the Etschtal in South Tyrol, northern Italy. It lies south-west of Bolzano and is a known tourist destination, famous for its wines, castles and lakes (Kalterer See, Montiggler Seen). Locals erect such shrines almost anywhere though especially in vineyards or meadows or in villages where an agricultural holy omen is welcomed for good harvests.
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  • Detail of a Catholic crucifix in the wine growing region of Bolzano, South Tyrol, northern Italy. South Tyrol is a very religious and traditional country. The weekly walk to Mass and the celebration of religious festivals and processions are part of the culture and tradition in South Tyrol. In almost every house you will find a cross on a corner with consecrated palm branches over there. Also in the stable there are consecrated palm branches to keep away every disaster. South Tyroleans are almost all Catholics and quite conservative.
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  • A Christian crucifix on the altar at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. With bright summer light flooding the interior of this church through the Clerestory, the row of windows, high up towards the church roof, on either side of the central aisle. Built in the 1930s, we see the church's depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus on the cross, the image of martyrdom for Christians the world over. In the background are the church pews that accommodate the congregation - the central aisle in the middle of the picture - and the high arches of the main Nave (the wide, main body of a church building).
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  • Beneath tall columns and pillars is the altar and crucifix in the central nave of Alcobaca Monastery Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca, on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis Dennis who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity.
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  • Beneath tall columns and pillars is the altar and crucifix in the central nave of Alcobaca Monastery Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaca, on 16th July, at Alcobaca, Portugal. The monastery was completed in 1223 for the Cistercian order and added to further by King Dinnis Dennis who built the main cloister and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Austere architecture is in keeping with the Cistercian regard for simplicity.
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  • Detail of a crucifix in the cemetery of the church of St Radegonde in Talmont-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, France. Built in 1094, the church was a resting place for the Pilgrimage of Saint James of Compostela on the via Turonensis, because the pilgrims crossed the river Gironde at this spot. Talmont-sur-Gironde is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region, 5 km (9.3 mi) south of Royan, on a small promontory which dominates the Gironde estuary.
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  • Crucifix of Christ on the cross in St Peters Church in Wapping, London, England, United Kingdom. St Peters, Wapping, is a Grade I listed Anglican church in Wapping Lane. It was built in 1865–1939. The church was the first Anglican mission to the poor of London. Work was begun in 1856 by the Revd Charles Lowder MA and a group of priests, all were members of the Society of the Holy Cross. The Society had been founded a year earlier with the express purpose of banding priests to a common rule of life and prayer in mission service.
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  • Pope's visit to France, September 1996. A nun prays while holding a crucifix. 200,000 people attend an open air mass at Reims
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  • A Catholic confessional between a penitent parishioner and her local priest at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. While kneeling to face the priest, the lady speaks in absolute confidence and secrecy to a screen beyond which the man listens and offers spiritual advice. A confessional is a small, enclosed booth used for the Sacrament of Penance, often called confession, or Reconciliation. Usually, the priest and penitent are in separate compartments and speak to each other through a grid or lattice and a crucifix hangs over the grille. But here, a screen grille inserted in it separates the two. The penitent may be able to see the priest through the screen, but the priest can usually never see the penitent - hearing instead of the person's sinful admissions.
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  • Crucifix in Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysus. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Leandro "Maradona" Marques, an ardent Flamango FC fanatic with a rosary and crucifix in the shape of the Brazilian territorial boundaries , with Flamengo's anthem tattooed onto his back. As he says" every time his team make a goal he cries with joy, his girlfriends come second in importance to Flamengo FC.
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  • A crucifix hangs on the wall of a cell on Benbow wing inside HMP/YOI Portland, a resettlement prison with a capacity for 530 prisoners. Dorset, United Kingdom.
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  • A glowing crucifix faces out to the English Channel (in French, La Manche) at what was known during the WW2 D-Day landings on 6th June 1944, as Juno Beach at  Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. Juno or Juno Beach was one of five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. The beach was defended by two battalions of the German 716th Infantry Division, with elements of the 21st Panzer Division held in reserve near Caen.
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  • Four crucifixes are hanging on a wire fence a road junction in a Los Angeles suburb. On a bright and clear day, we see the Christian icons against a blue sky, on sale at an outdoor store. The effigies of Jesus are two different sizes, a larger and a smaller and are painted in realistic wood and skin colours with red streaks that symbolise blood emerging from the Holy man's hands, chest, knees and feet where the Roman nails were supposed to have pierced. Other models are seen below the crosses - models of animal garden ornaments and mantelpiece furniture.
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  • Christian religious icons, crucifixes, Last Supper depictions, virgin Marys and angels adorn a shop wall in central Lisbon. Attached to the wall making them easy to browse and choose, these items look more like cartoon characters than those representing Biblical events and characters. Mary is more central with baby Jesus plus his representation as an older man carrying and then nailed to the cross. The Last Supper is available as pocket tableaux.
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  • Jesus on the cross with TV screen inside at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. On the walls of this 1930s church transept (the area of the church architecture that forms the cross), we see a statue of Jesus, a TV screen that displays a view of the Altar for those unable to see around the massive pillar - and a depiction of the martyr Jesus on the cross. In the middle of the image is a list of hymns from the last morning Mass (service). Natural light floods in through side windows that illuminates the Holy icons.
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  • Local French teenagers mess about with a ball in Place Royal du Peyrou where the presence of a large crucified Christ looks down on their youth and boredom, on 18th June 2016, in Montpellier, France.
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  • A local resident on the top floor of an apartment building, looks across the town towards by the presence of a crucified Christ on the cross on 18th June 2016, in Montpellier, France. The Christian effigy dominates a street corner on Boulevard Ledru-Rollin, a perimeter ringroad around ancient walls.
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  • A crucified Christ on the cross stands in blue sky and high cirrus cloud, a theme of heavenly and spiritual presence on a summers day, on 18th June 2016, in Montpellier, France.
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  • Jesus on the cross and TV coverage of altar inside at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. On the wall of this 1930s church transept (the area of the church architecture that forms the cross), we see a TV screen that displays a view of the Altar for those unable to see around the massive pillar - and a depiction of the martyr Jesus on the cross. Natural light floods in through side windows that illuminates the Holy icons.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A pilgrim kisses the cross while being blessed during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. During the festival of Timkat (Epiphany), the priest blesses the water before baptising the crowd. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Pope's visit to France, September 1996. Catholic priests awaiting the arrival of the Pope. 200,000 people attend an open air mass at Reims
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  • A couple admire a depiction of the crucifixion outside the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Karmelicka street in the city of krakow, on 22nd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Saint Emiliano church in Trevi, Umbria, Italy. Trevi is an ancient town and comune on the lower flank of Monte Serano. The Duomo of Sant Emiliano is a Romanesque building with a carved door and an apse with carved corbels, the interior of which was significantly reworked in the 18th century.
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  • Below an effigy of Christ on the cross is a banner asking passers-by if theyre thinking about joining the Catholic faith in south London, on 21st September 2016, in Waterloo, SE1, London borough of Southwark, England UK.
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  • Sister Marie Stella at the Embroidery Private House, a Catholic mission that looks after underprivileged women by having them sew exquisite linens. Pondicherry, India<br />
Pondicherry now Puducherry is a Union Territory of India and was a French territory until 1954 legally on 16 August 1962. The French Quarter of the town retains a strong French influence in terms of architecture and culture.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priest baptises the crowd during the festival of Timkat. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. A priest in prayer holding a cross during the festival of Timkat (Epiphany). Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Pope's visit to France. A nun and a young novice in the crowd listening to the Pope. 150,000 people gather at an open air mass at St Anne D'Auray. September 19996, France
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  • Set among summer fields of tall corn, is the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France. Surrounded by summer crops, the scene is peaceful and idyllic with a setting sun, a landscape of rural France - far from the horrors of the battle fought here almost 100 years ago. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of humanity's bloodiest battles.
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  • In front of an upright piano and spring daffodils on a window ledge, we see a lady member of the evangelical Sacred Dance Ministry (Group) wearing a green velvet tunic while holding a wooden cross, standing in an otherwise empty room belonging to this Christian group in Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset, England. As part of the International Christian Dance Fellowship whose performers include performers, choreographers and teachers of all styles of dance technique, as well as those who dance in worship, intercession, healing, evangelism and prophetic interpretation and this lady has recreated a moment in one of their performances.
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  • A Jesus Saves neon sign in the entrance of an evangelical church in Peckham, south London. Inside are the voices and cries of the faithful, gathered on Easter Sunday, an important date in the Christian calendar. The cross is mounted on the inside wall, illuminated by its neon tube inside the plastic outer casing.
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  • A Jesus Saves neon sign in the entrance of an evangelical church in Peckham, south London. The yellow doors at the top of steps with two doormats are open to welcome worshippers of this Christian community in south London. Inside are the voices and cries of the faithful, gathered on Easter Sunday, an important date in the Christian calendar. The cross is mounted on the inside wall, illuminated by its neon tube inside the plastic outer casing.
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  • An interior of St. Krzyzas Chapel, a subterranean church 1km beneath ground in Wieliczka Salt Mine, on 24th September 2019, in Wieliczka, Krakow, Malopolska, Poland.
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  • Don Rosendo Curilaf, 90 and wife Margarita 89 at the burial site of their ancestors, a Mapuche cemetery in Cuno. Rosendo is a guardian of tradition and culture and knows everything about Mapuche rites and rituals, including burial which he conducts at the request of members of his community, Cuno, Chile. February 12, 2018.
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  • Romanesque with Baroque interior of Saint Andrea Church in Spello, Umbria, Italy. Chiesa di SantAndrea was built in the first half of the eleventh century and was an example of Francisan architecture.
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  • Interior of Narbonne Cathedral in Narbonne, France. Cathedrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne, is a Gothic style Roman Catholic church located in the town of Narbonne, France. The cathedral is a national monument and dedicated to Saints Justus and Pastor.
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  • A detail of a priests Alb outer garment after Mass was held held in a local rural Catholic church, on 15th October 1997, in Neubourg, Normandy, France.
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  • A coastal landscape of St. Cuthberts Island on Holy Island and in the distance, left, the St. Marys church and the remains of the early 12th century Lindisfarne Priory, on 27th September 2017, on Lindisfarne Island, Northumberland, England. Cuthbert c. 634 - 687 is a saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in what might loosely be termed the Kingdom of Northumbria in the North East of England and the South East of Scotland. After his death he became one of the most important medieval saints of Northern England, with a cult centred on his tomb at Durham Cathedral. Cuthbert is regarded as the patron saint of Northern England. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, also known simply as Holy Island, is an island off the northeast coast of England. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of Celtic and Anglo-saxon Christianity. After the Viking invasions and the Norman conquest of England, a priory was reestablished.
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  • The tomb of a former Mayor and officer of the Legion dHonneur, Pol Calvet during WW2 in the village cemetery of Lagrasse, on 21st May 2017, in Lagrasse, Languedoc-Rousillon, south of France.  Lagrasse is listed as one of Frances most beautiful villages and lies on the famous Route 20 wine route in the Basses-Corbieres region dating to the 13th century.
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  • The interior of Notre Dame des Anges church, Pondicherry, India. Built in the 1850s the church is in the  French Quarter of the town and looks out towards the Indian Ocean.
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  • Säben Abbey in Klausen, South Tyrol, Italy. Säben Abbey is a Benedictine nunnery established in 1687, when it was first settled by the nuns of Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg. Säben was for centuries a centre of pilgrimage and controlled an extensive religious precinct. Situated above the town of Klausen, the hill it is built on what was already settled during the New Stone Age. On the site of the present nunnery there was an earlier Roman settlement.
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  • Pilgrims walk up the Via Dolorosa marking the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week Jerusalem, Israel
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  • Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims at Lalibela, Ethiopia. Priests carrying a Tabot, a model of The Ark of the Covenant wrapped in a rich cloth and carried on the head of the priest is assisted by a deacon holding a liturgical parasol. Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Pilgrims commemorating the 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • Pilgrims commemorating the 15th anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary. 6 children claim to have seen the apparition while on Mount Podbrdo. Catholics from around the world make the pilgrimage to Medjugorje. Croatia.
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  • Pilgrimes arrive at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela after a long trek across Northern Spain.
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  • A pilgrime reaches Santiago de Compostela with a ruck sack on his back containing his personal posessions and a hen after walking for weeks across Northern Spain.
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  • In the town of Alba the local beauty Queen, officially opens the famous and prestigious Truffle season. Alba is the capital of the highly priced "Tartufo" in Italy. Here seen a re-enactment of past history.
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  • Pilgrimes watch / attend the Patron saint of Managua, Santo Domingo celebrations on the 2nd sunday in August, Managua, Nicaragua
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  • Teacher Potamienne Komezusenge (37) plays with her youngest child. She contracted HIV from her husband who died of the diesase and is buried in the back garden under a wooden cross. She says "As long as I feel strong, I feel OK emotionally... sometimes there is stigma here... but the biggest problem is money". Kibileze, Rwanda.
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  • A woman is given the results of her HIV test at Kibayi Health centre. Kibileze, Rwanda.
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  • A Ethiopian child in the Northern Highlands cooking njera (staple bread) in her home, Ethiopia.
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  • An Ethiopian girl in the Northern Highlands, carries water to her village, Tenquao Meskel, Ethiopia.
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  • Marguerite Barankitse (known as the 'Angel of Burundi') in her office in the orphanage and home called Shalom House founded by her in 1994. During the genocide, Barankitse, at great personal risk, managed to save 25 orphans, Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and built a home for them. Currently, she has helped more than 10,000 orphans and separated children who can grow up in an "extended adopted family" in security, education and love.
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  • Set among summer fields of tall corn, is the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France. Surrounded by summer crops, the scene is peaceful and idyllic with a setting sun, a landscape of rural France - far from the horrors of the battle fought here almost 100 years ago. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of humanity's bloodiest battles.
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  • Set among summer fields of tall corn, is the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France. Surrounded by summer crops, the scene is peaceful and idyllic with a setting sun, a landscape of rural France - far from the horrors of the battle fought here almost 100 years ago. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of humanity's bloodiest battles.
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  • As bright sunlight fills a bare studio room, and a wooden cross is propped up in the corner, Paula Douthett (left) and three other members of the evangelical Sacred Dance Ministry (Group) perform a moment from the biblical nativity scene in her house at Milbourne St Andrew, Dorset, England. Together they are acting as part of the International Christian Dance Fellowship whose performers include performers, choreographers and teachers of all styles of dance technique, as well as those who dance in worship, intercession, healing, evangelism and prophetic interpretation. In the middle, a lady pretends to be holding the baby Jesus while the others play the roles of angels as they express wonder and admiration for this miraculous moment.
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  • Father Peter Geldard sits in his former Anglican Church near Faversham, England. He sits in a pew clasping his hands together and looking away as if lost in thought, the Christian cross and altar in the distance. Geldard is known for his stance against the Church of England's vote allowing the ordination of women priests in 1992, causing a huge row with Anglican church worshippers. Clergy, including five bishops, eventually left to join the Catholic Church including Father Geldard, who led the opposition and became a notorious debater, campaigner, and general nuisance to the church. He eventually resigned from his Anglican orders, moved out of his vicarage house and along with thirty-five members of his former parish (including the churchwardens and all the members of the parish council), now attends Mass at the Catholic church in Faversham.
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  • Old stone cross at the old church at Kilninian Church, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The old church at Kilninian (built 1755) is the site of worship with medieval tombstones dating from the 14th century. It first appears in the records of 1561, where it is stated that the parsonage of 'Keilnoening' had formerly belonged to the Abbot of Iona, one-third of the revenues going to the Bishop of the Isles as was customary in the diocese. It is uncertain whether the church was dedicated to St Ninian, the apostle of Galloway, or to a local saint of the Early Christian period'. It is also believed to have been once known as the Chapel of the Nine Maidens and in Gaelic  'Cill Naoi Nighean', although another possible name was The Church of the Holy Maidens - 'Cill Naoimh Nighean.
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  • The cross on the wall of Herne Hill's United Reform Church and the direction sign post (plus its shadow) of Red Post Hill, south London. Echoed by a low winter sun, we see the three repeating crosses as a visual pun, a joke of three same shapes but with different meanings. The exterior of this church is from the 1970s period of architecture but the red post is a recent addition, instigated by locals to return the original landmark for this road junction, a marker for walkers and horses on old byways, paths and tracks going back many hundreds of years. On the post we see that Brixton is one mile away and the neighbouring areas of Herne Hill and Tulse Hill and Sydenham are close too.
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  • Don Rosendo Curilaf, 90 and wife Margarita 89 at the burial site of their ancestors, a Mapuche cementary in Cuno. Rosendo is a guardian of tradition and culture and knows everything about Mapuche rites and rituals, including burial which he conducts at the request of members of his community. Cuno, Chile. February 12, 2018.
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  • Interior of Narbonne Cathedral in Narbonne, France. Cathedrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne, is a Gothic style Roman Catholic church located in the town of Narbonne, France. The cathedral is a national monument and dedicated to Saints Justus and Pastor.
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  • Juliana Brandao and Paulo Lugao Junior, both ardent Fluminense FC fans with their team tattoos, Rio de Janeiro.
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  • portrait of workers in small rural community, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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  • Demonstrators on Anti Globalisation march Prague, Czech Republic
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  • Set among summer fields of tall corn, is the WW1 Somme cemetery of Redan Ridge, Serre Road, near Serre-Les-Puisieux, France. Surrounded by summer crops, the scene is peaceful and idyllic, a landscape of rural France - far from the horrors of the battle fought here almost 100 years ago. The battle was one of the largest of World War I, in which more than 1,000,000 men were wounded or killed, making it one of humanity's bloodiest battles.
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  • A female prison chaplain at HMP Downview Women's Prison stands with her Perspex cross, dog collar, security cards and utility belt displayed.<br />
Prison chaplains give inmates spiritual and psychological guidance; they act as the conscience of the prison, as well as exercise a ministry of reconciliation.<br />
The chaplain is available and exists for all, staff and prisoners, often relaying important messages, between families, inmates and staff. <br />
In the words of Albert Camus: 'Do not walk in front of me, I may not follow; do not walk behind me, I may not lead; just walk beside me and be my friend.'
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  • The Caravana Crucifix, dating from 1341 in the Museum of Saint Agostina, Genoa, Italy. Begun by the Augustinians in 1260, it is one of the few Gothic buildings remaining in the city, after the numerous demolitions in the 19th century. Secularised in the 1790s it eventually became a museum of architecture before being destroyed in the Second World War. The building reopened as the Museo di SantAgostino in 1984.
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  • A crucifix looks down on headstones in a rural Slovenian village church, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • A crucifix looks down on headstones in a rural Slovenian village church, on 18th June 2018, in Bohinjska Bela, Bled, Slovenia.
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  • Fallen metal crucifix in graveyard, 4th April 2016, Lagrasse, France.
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  • An Ethiopian Monk kisses a crucifix presented to him by a priest in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Lalibela is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country.
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  • Cressingham Gardens residents Michael and Eileen O’keeffe hold a religious wall crucifix on 17th April 2017 in South London, United Kingdom. Cressingham Gardens is a council garden estate in Lambeth. Located on the southern edge of Brockwell Park, it comprises of 306 dwellings. It was designed at the end of the 1960s by the Lambeth Borough Council architect Edward Hollamby, and built at the start of the 1970s. In 2012 Lambeth Council proposed regeneration of the whole estate, a decision highly opposed by many residents and a campaign to stop the redevelopment has been in place since.
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  • A crucifix hanging from ceiling inside Peterborough cathedral, one of the finest Norman cathedrals in England. Founded as a monastic community in 654 AD, it became one of the most significant medieval abbeys in the country, the burial place of two queens and the scene of Civil War. Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. UK
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  • Local Catholic church groups with banners await the start of the Hyde Park rally during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. In the foreground, a man holds a crucifix in his hand while behind, pilgrims hold their banners that will be paraded on stage in front of 80,000 prople. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • The upright remains of a Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. Within the chapel, erected on a modern base, is the lower part of a cross-shaft 1.33m high above ground. On the front there has been a Crucifix; below this a large plant scroll terminates in a griffin. At the foot is a galley with sail set. This cross dates to between 1500 and 1560 and the ruined chapel is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown though it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish.
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  • A crucifix hanging from ceiling inside Peterborough cathedral, one of the finest Norman cathedrals in England. Founded as a monastic community in 654 AD, it became one of the most significant medieval abbeys in the country, the burial place of two queens and the scene of Civil War. Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. UK
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  • As an Anglican vicar leads an outdoors service, his choristers await the next hymn outside the Norman-built St Bartholomew the Great church in Smithfield, City of London. Reading from his sermon and with an altar boy holding a crucifix, the singers have recited the songs with great enthusiasm, all looking down and concentrating on the Holy words from their songbooks. Dressed in white and red choir cassock robes they are all identical in their facial expression, their stance and posture. The Priory Church of St Bartholomew-the-Great is an Anglican church located at West Smithfield in the City of London, founded as an Augustinian priory in 1123.
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  • Local Catholic church groups with banners await the start of the Hyde Park rally during Pope Benedict XVI's papal tour of Britain 2010, the first visit by a pontiff since 1982. In the foreground, a man holds a crucifix in his hand while behind, pilgrims hold their banners that will be paraded on stage in front of 80,000 people. Taxpayers footed the £10m bill for non-religious elements, which largely angered a nation still reeling from the financial crisis. Pope Benedict XVI is the head of the biggest Christian denomination in the world, some one billion Roman Catholics, or one in six people. In Britain there are about five million Catholics but only a quarter of Catholics regularly attend Sunday Mass and some churches have closed owing to spending cuts.
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  • A Catholic confessional between a penitent parishioner and her local priest at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. While kneeling to face the priest, the lady speaks in absolute confidence and secrecy to a screen beyond which the man listens and offers spiritual advice. A confessional is a small, enclosed booth used for the Sacrament of Penance, often called confession, or Reconciliation. Usually, the priest and penitent are in separate compartments and speak to each other through a grid or lattice and a crucifix hangs over the grille. But here, a screen grille inserted in it separates the two. The penitent may be able to see the priest through the screen, but the priest can usually never see the penitent - hearing instead of the person's sinful admissions.
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  • A traditional alpine chalet in the Austrian ski resort of Altenmarkt. Seen in a shaft of low sunlight and with snow on the pavements and local roads, the house is constructed from old wooden boarding in the traditional way of Tyrolean architecture. High on one exterior wall is a crucifix telling us that this family are Christian, probably Catholic in this Austrian village. The Chalet Many chalets in the European Alps were originally used as seasonal farms for dairy cattle that would be brought up from the lowland pastures during the summer months. With the emergence of the Alpine travel business, chalets were transformed into vacation houses used by ski and hiking enthusiasts. Over the years the term chalet transformed to its modern general meaning of a vacation house built in an Alpine style
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  • A Catholic confessional between a penitent parishioner and her local priest at St. Lawrence's Catholic church in Feltham, London. While kneeling to face the priest, the lady speaks in absolute confidence and secrecy to a screen beyond which the man listens and offers spiritual advice. A confessional is a small, enclosed booth used for the Sacrament of Penance, often called confession, or Reconciliation. Usually, the priest and penitent are in separate compartments and speak to each other through a grid or lattice and a crucifix hangs over the grille. But here, a screen grille inserted in it separates the two. The penitent may be able to see the priest through the screen, but the priest can usually never see the penitent - hearing instead of the person's sinful admissions.
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