Miners convert part of their shelter into a shrine as they brace themselves for another four months underground
Topic: St Lawrence
Pope prays for safe rescue of Chilean miners
Posted on Monday, 30 August 2010
Benedict XVI refers to plight of miners in his Angelus address
It was surely praying at their ‘makeshift shrine’ that kept the Chilean miners sane
One of their first requests, after a crucifix, was for statues of Our Lady and the saints