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The wake for Cardinal Pierre-Marie-Joseph Veuillot
Nuns praying during the wake for Cardinal Pierre-Marie-Joseph Veuillot, the archbishop...
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Illustration of an Irish wake
An Irish Wake, illustration in Harper's Weekly by Michael Angelo...
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