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SAONE-ET-LOIRE (71) RECONSTITUTION EN IMAGES DE SYNTHESE DE L'ABBAYE CISTERCIENNE DE CLUNY (1993 -COPYRIGHT IBM FRANCE). L'ABBAYE CELEBRE EN 2010, LE 1100 EME ANNIVERSAIRE DE SA FONDATION Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: The fire imprint left by a finger of Sister Maria di San Luigi Gonzaga, who appeared to Sister Maria del Sacro Cuore in 1894 in Bastia (Perugia, Italy). The report of the fact preserved in the monastery of Santa Chiara of the Child Jesus tells how Sister Marie suffering from tuberculosis died in 1894. She appeared in the following night to the amazed Sister Margherita and explained that she was in Purgatory. She asked for suffrage prayers and to attest to the reality of her apparition, she placed her index finger on the cushion cover and promised to return. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have be

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: Imprint left in 1815 on a devotional book of Margherita Demmerle of the parish of Ellinghen (in Lorraine, France) by her mother-in-law who appeared thirty years after her death in 1785. The deceased appeared looking sadly at her daughter-in-law. She said ‘ I am your mother-in-law who died in childbirth 30 years ago. Go on pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mariental and there have two Holy Masses celebrated for me’. After the pilgrimage the apparition showed up again to announce her release from Purgatory. To her daughter-in-law who, on the advice of the parish priest, asked for a sign, she placed her hand on the book ‘The imitation of Christ’, leaving the sign of the burn. Later she no longer appea

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, on February 11, 2024. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Canonises The First Argentinian Saint - Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates a Holy Mass for Canonization of Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. On the anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lourdes, Pope Francis canonized Maria Antonia of Saint Joseph de Paz y Figueroa, also known as Mama Antula, the founder of the House for Spiritual Exercises of Buenos Aires. Editorial Use Only. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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