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Victoria says she started working as a commercial sex worker at the age of She survived in Paris by selling her body on the sidewalks of the Bois de Boulogne and her presence in Lourdes was the result of a miraculous encounter.
It was all thanks to a chance meeting with Father Jean-Philippe Chauveau, the founder of Magdalena, an association that helps sex workers. By participating in the pilgrimage organized by "Fratello" "Brother" , a French association which organizes and hosts events for people in situations of exclusion and which brought together several associations such as Magdalena, Lazare and the Village Saint-Joseph, from Nov.
For Angela, another sex worker who has accompanied the group thanks to the Magdalena association, it is her second trip to Lourdes. Pope Francis sent a video message in Spanish to the 1, participants of the Fratello de Lourdes gathering on Nov. You, who are at the foot of the cross, perhaps alone, isolated, abandoned, homeless, expelled from your family or country, victims of alcohol, prostitution, disease. The world is suffering and your prayer moves the Lord. Wheelchair-bound Marie-Caroline confides to having lived with another form of poverty.
This year-old from Versailles has been a victim of a rare genetic disease since birth. People look at me because of my disability. Here, I am looked at with love, without being inhabited by shame. In Lourdes, the norm is difference. For some, Lourdes is also an opportunity to be a charity actor. Not without pride, this year-old Breton declares that he has now been clean for five years. After having experienced a journey of inner healing, Fabrice has continued to return to Lourdes, this time as a stretcher bearer.
