Dominga Mongelos prays during a Mass marking the feast day of St. Francisco Solano, in Emboscada, Paraguay, Friday, July 24, 2015. The religious festivity, that involves dressing up in bird-feather suits, was held in the patio of a chapel that bears the name of the saint, who was born in Spain in 1549 and died in Peru 1610. There is no record of the Spanish friar and South American missionary, also known as St. Francisco Solanus, in Paraguay, but the faithful believe in his miraculous powers. (Photo by Jorge Saenz/AP Photo)
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