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sacredjourneys_lourdes03_credit Anna Branthwaite

Zachary Herrick, pilgrim to Lourdes: "I would tell somebody that's thinking of going to this or any other pilgrimage to take it all in, come in with an open mind and open heart. Love each other and if nothing else, you walk away a better person than if you'd not have entered at all." Photo courtesy of PBS/WGBH

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