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Belgium town to host Marian celebration ‘Virga Jesse’ again after 7 years

August 10, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

Celebration of the Virga Jesse, Basilica of Hasselt, Belgium, August 2017. / Credit: Virgajessecomité Hasselt

Paris, France, Aug 10, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
For the past 340 years in the town of Hasselt in northeastern Belgium, people have been … […]

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