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Celebration of mass at Lourdes Pope Paul VI consecrating Karol Józef Wojtyła a cardinal Charlemagne and Leo III Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
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Pope Paul VI consecrating Karol Józef Wojtyła a cardinal
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