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200+ Mayors Rally in Bilbao Against Basque Language Ruling - Spain

Appearance of mayors and municipal representatives, including the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, to denounce the latest ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), on July 24, 2025, in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country (Spain). More than 200 mayors and municipal representatives of different parties and sensibilities of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa celebrate this Thursday in Bilbao an act called by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua in "defense of the Basque language" in which the ratification by the Supreme Court of the annulment of several articles of the Basque Decree of the use of the Basque language in local entities is denounced. Photo by David de Haro/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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200+ Mayors Rally in Bilbao Against Basque Language Ruling - Spain

Appearance of mayors and municipal representatives, to denounce the last sentence of the Supreme Court (SC), on July 24, 2025, in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country (Spain). More than 200 mayors and municipal representatives from different parties and sensibilities from Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa are holding this Thursday in Bilbao an event called by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua in "defense of the Basque language" to denounce the ratification by the Supreme Court of the annulment of several articles of the Basque Decree on the use of the Basque language in local entities. Photo by David de Haro/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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200+ Mayors Rally in Bilbao Against Basque Language Ruling - Spain

Appearance of mayors and municipal representatives, including the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, to denounce the latest ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), on July 24, 2025, in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country (Spain). More than 200 mayors and municipal representatives of different parties and sensibilities of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa celebrate this Thursday in Bilbao an act called by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua in "defense of the Basque language" in which the ratification by the Supreme Court of the annulment of several articles of the Basque Decree of the use of the Basque language in local entities is denounced. Photo by David de Haro/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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200+ Mayors Rally in Bilbao Against Basque Language Ruling - Spain

Appearance of mayors and municipal representatives, including the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto (2l), to denounce the latest ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), on July 24, 2025, in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country (Spain). More than 200 mayors and municipal representatives of different parties and sensibilities of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa celebrate this Thursday in Bilbao an act called by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua in "defense of the Basque language" in which they denounce the ratification by the Supreme Court of the annulment of several articles of the Basque Decree on the use of the Basque language in local entities. Photo by David de Haro/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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200+ Mayors Rally in Bilbao Against Basque Language Ruling - Spain

Appearance of mayors and municipal representatives, including the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto (c), to denounce the latest ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), on July 24, 2025, in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country (Spain). More than 200 mayors and municipal representatives from different parties and sensibilities of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa celebrate this Thursday in Bilbao an act called by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua in "defense of the Basque language" in which they denounce the ratification by the Supreme Court of the annulment of several articles of the Basque Decree on the use of the Basque language in local entities. Photo by David de Haro/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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200+ Mayors Rally in Bilbao Against Basque Language Ruling - Spain

Appearance of mayors and municipal representatives, including the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, to denounce the latest ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), on July 24, 2025, in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country (Spain). More than 200 mayors and municipal representatives of different parties and sensibilities of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa celebrate this Thursday in Bilbao an act called by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua in "defense of the Basque language" in which the ratification by the Supreme Court of the annulment of several articles of the Basque Decree of the use of the Basque language in local entities is denounced. Photo by David de Haro/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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200+ Mayors Rally in Bilbao Against Basque Language Ruling - Spain

Appearance of mayors and municipal representatives, including the mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto (left), to denounce the latest ruling of the Supreme Court (SC), on July 24, 2025, in Bilbao, Biscay, Basque Country (Spain). More than 200 mayors and municipal representatives from different parties and sensibilities of Araba, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa celebrate this Thursday in Bilbao an act called by Euskalgintzaren Kontseilua in "defense of the Basque language" in which they denounce the ratification by the Supreme Court of the annulment of several articles of the Basque Decree on the use of the Basque language in local entities. Photo by David de Haro/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa visits US President Trump at White House

US President Donald Trump (R) holds up news articles related to violence in South Africa during a meeting with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 21 May 2025. Ramaphosa’s visit comes one week after Trump claimed there is an on-going genocide in South Africa and granted refugee status to 59 Afrikaners.

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South Africa’s Ramaphosa visits US President Trump at White House

US President Donald Trump (R) holds up news articles related to violence in South Africa during a meeting with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 21 May 2025. Ramaphosa’s visit comes one week after Trump claimed there is an on-going genocide in South Africa and granted refugee status to 59 Afrikaners.

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

The making of 'L'Osservatore Romano' the Vatican's daily newspaper on October 2014. Like all modern nation States, the Vatican also has its own press. Although not considered an official mouthpiece for the Vatican, 'l'Osservatore Romano' is nonetheless the Holy See's most significant media venue. It is the only newspaper printed by the Vatican presses. Since 1861, each day 50,000 copies of the daily edition have been released at 3 pm. Written in Italian, the daily is supplemented by weekly editions in French, German, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as a monthly in Polish. All of the Holy See's current events as well as articles illustrating Church life and major political, economic and social events occurring throughout the world are all published in the Vatican's daily paper. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The Neo-gothic Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) houses the ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025. The museum is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: The Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) also known as Sacro Cuore di Gesu in Prati, is a catholic church in the centre of Rome (Italy). - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is d

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The Neo-gothic Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) houses the ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025. The museum is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: The nave of the Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) also known as Sacro Cuore di Gesu in Prati, is a catholic church in the centre of Rome (Italy). - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image o

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The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The Neo-gothic Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) houses the ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025. The museum is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: The Church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio (Sacred Heart of the Suffrage) also known as Sacro Cuore di Gesu in Prati, is a catholic church in the centre of Rome (Italy). - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is d

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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: In 1875 Louise Le Senechal (Who died in 1873) appeared to her husband Louis in their house in Ducey (Normandy, France) asking him for prayers and leaving as a sign the print of five fingers on his nightcap. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatical

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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: Painting representing the suffering face which appeared on the wall of the altar after a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel of the church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio in 1897. The deceased in pain sentenced to Purgatory wanted to get in touch with the living, asking for prayers. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the fl

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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: Portrait of Victor Jouet (1839-1912), French missionary who decided to search for testimonies (documents and looms) about the appearances of the souls of Purgatory and to collect them in a museum inside the church. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then eni

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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: Portrait of Victor Jouet (1839-1912), French missionary who decided to search for testimonies (documents and looms) about the appearances of the souls of Purgatory and to collect them in a museum inside the church. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then eni

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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: Burn mark left by a deceased on a German language prayer book with the end of the five fingers of his right hand to solicit Masses of suffrage for his memory. (Subject to further analysis insights). - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically impri

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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: Portrait of Victor Jouet (1839-1912), French missionary who decided to search for testimonies (documents and looms) about the appearances of the souls of Purgatory and to collect them in a museum inside the church. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then eni

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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: Anonymous painting representing the Purgatory. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and c

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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: Anonymous painting representing the Purgatory. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and c

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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: Photographic reproductions of the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary, placed in an early chapel, between the current church and the religious house, destroyed in the fire on November 15 1897. On the left of the wall we can see a deceased in pain sentenced to Purgatory who wanted to get in touch with the living, asking for prayers. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the

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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: Italian Lira banknote: Between 18 august and 9 November 1919, thirty of these banknotes were left in the monastery of San Leonardo di Montefalco by a deceased priest to solicit Masses of suffrage for his memory. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigma

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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: Burn mark left in Sarralbe (Lorraine, France) on 21 December 1838 by the deceased Joseph Schitz on the German language prayer book of his brother Georges touching it with the end of the five fingers of his right hand, while asking for the suffrage prayers to repair his little piety in life. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the fl

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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: Painting representing the suffering face which appeared on the wall of the altar after a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel of the church of Sacro Cuore del Suffragio in 1897. The deceased in pain sentenced to Purgatory wanted to get in touch with the living, asking for prayers. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the fl

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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: Detail of a photographic reproduction of the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary, placed in an early chapel, between the current church and the religious house, destroyed in the fire on November 15 1897. On the wall we can see a deceased in pain sentenced to Purgatory who wanted to get in touch with the living, asking for prayers. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the

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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: Burn mark left by a deceased on a German language prayer book to solicit Masses of suffrage for his memory. (Subject to further analysis insights). - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is di

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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: Photographic reproduction of a burn mark left on Saturday 13 October 1696, on the apron of Sister Maria Herendorps a lay religious of the Benedictine monastery of Winnemberg (Germany) from the hand of the deceased Sister Chiara Schoelers, religious chorister of the same Order, victim of the plague in 1637. At the bottom of the photo we can see the burnt imprint of two hands, left by the same nun on a strip of canvas. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the even

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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. The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduced image of which is displayed in the exhibition. This convinced the priest that the soul of a deceased person in pain and condemned to purgatory wanted to contact the living. This led

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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 of three fingers left in 1871 on the prayers book of Maria Zaganti by deceased Palmira Rastelli (who died in 1870) to solicit Masses of suffrage for her memory. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and articles of clothing said to have been singed by the hands of souls in purgatory. The very unusual collection was commissioned by French missionary Victor Jouet following the events of 15 November 1897, when a mysterious fire broke out in the Rosary Chapel, in which the altar painting was spared. In the flames, the priest and the worshippers saw a suffering face, which was then enigmatically imprinted on the wall, a reproduc

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Hurricane Milton Aftermath - Florida

Damaged articles are piled after the Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Florida, the United States, Oct. 11, 2024. Hurricane Milton hit the southeast U.S. state of Florida overnight with strong winds, destructive tornadoes and heavy rain, leaving at least 10 dead and millions of people without power as of Thursday afternoon. Photo by Ryan Brock/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hurricane Milton Aftermath - Florida

Damaged articles are piled along a road after the Hurricane Milton in Tampa, Florida, the United States, Oct. 11, 2024. Hurricane Milton hit the southeast U.S. state of Florida overnight with strong winds, destructive tornadoes and heavy rain, leaving at least 10 dead and millions of people without power as of Thursday afternoon. Photo by Ryan Brock/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish Animal Rights Activists Protest Against ‘Massacre Law’ - Izmir

Turkish animal rights activists hold placards and shout slogans during a demonstration to protect stray dogs and cats in Izmir, Turkey on August 9, 2024. Recently, animal rights activists in the country have held rallies protesting the proposed bill in the Turkish parliament aimed at managing the stray dog population. The draft law, consisting of 17 articles, includes a controversial clause regarding the euthanasia of stray animals that sparked anger among animal rights groups and led to demonstrations in major cities like Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. The government estimates that around 4 million stray dogs live in Turkey. Photo by Murat Kocabas/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM