ITALY - VATICAN - JUBILEE OF MERCY Stock Image

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ITALY, Rome: [Warning: graphic content] The body of Padre Pio is carried through Rome, Italy on February 5, 2016, as Pope Francis' Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy continues. The procession by 20,000 devotees honors Padre Pio and St. Leopold Mandic, as their bodies are carried from the church of San Salvatore in Lauro, to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Padre Pio's body arrived in Rome for the first time this week, where it will remain until next week for a series of Masses, vigils, and events at a number of Roman churches.

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