Catholic devotees honor St Jude’s relic with watery procession through Mexico’s Xochimilco canals

Catholic devotees honor St Jude’s relic with watery procession through Mexico’s Xochimilco canals

MEXICO CITY (AP) — It was no ordinary Sunday on Mexico City’s famed Xochimilco canals. Instead of tourists and locals hanging out with friends, the brightly painted boats known as “trajineras” were filled with Catholics honoring a relic of St. Jude Thaddeus, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles and patron saint of impossible causes. A wooden

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2024 Paris Olympic games: Léon Marchand carries flame for closing ceremony | AP News

2024 Paris Olympic games: Léon Marchand carries flame for closing ceremony | AP News

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   Khelif appears with the rest of Algeria’s team Gold medal-winning boxer Imane Khelif is here with Algeria’s delegation, though she’s not holding the flag. The Japanese are fans of the Olympic mascot, apparently Athletes are still pouring in from tunnels on either side

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