In Argentina, whose population is roughly 63 percent Catholic, people celebrated Bergoglio’s ascendancy to the papacy with jubilation in the streets; thousands headed to the country’s cathedrals waving Argentine flags.
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Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
The Ones swear loyalty to the queen of Good (Camille Cottin), who’s headquartered in a space cathedral linked to the area via an undersea portal.
Critics pointed to his role in the dissolution of the monasteries, an initiative of the English Reformation that saw most of the kingdom’s abbeys and priories shut down, their art and relics destroyed and their wealth diverted to fill the king’s coffers.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Today, the ancient scriptorium is home to the abbey’s museum and open to visitors along with the monastery’s Renaissance-style basilica and main cloister.
Travelers can also see shrines and temples, enjoy miles of hiking trails, and ride an aerial tramway.
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Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Mar. 2025
People have created a makeshift shrine for Pope Francis at a statue of John Paul II in front of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome.
Candles, flowers and balloons have been left at the makeshift shrine.
The institute's mission is to promote conflict resolution and the prevention of conflict across the globe.
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Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
Starmer is prepared to host a meeting of European military chiefs this week to dive deeper into the operational details of the plan, up to and including which European country will contribute forces, who will command the mission and where air support will be based.
Director Kim Hyung-jun, who previously directed the political comedy My Fellow Citizens, opens the drama with an engagingly moody scene set in an empty Buddhist temple.
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Joan MacDonald,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Traditionally they are found in temples, but some are hung at home.
Monarch butterflies stream through trees in El Rosario sanctuary within the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Michoácán, Mexico.
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Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Featuring a full-service salon and boutique in addition to locker rooms, showers, and eucalyptus steam rooms, the spa offers an outdoor garden sanctuary with a jacuzzi, a wading fountain, lounge chairs, and a covered patio.
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Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Mar. 2025
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