Pilgrims in Lourdes remember French monks murdered during Algerian civil war
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Source: AfricaNews
Published: 2026-08-18 00:05 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Religion, Military & Defence, War & Conflict
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Presided over by the Archbishop of Algiers, Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, the pilgrimage marking the Catholic Feast of the Assumption in Lourdes—one of the two most important of the year—paid tribute on Sunday to the monks of Tibhirine, thirty years after their assassination.
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