Pope Francis travelled from Lourdes to Metz, a city that saw intense fighting in World War II
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“Papa chegou de Lourdes a Metz, palco de uma intensa batalha durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial”
Machine translation: The Pope arrived from Lourdes to Metz, the site of an intense battle during the Second World War
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