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Chilean miners

A Herald blogger gets readers who wouldn’t be seen dead reading the paper’s print edition

October 20, 2010

This can be unnerving: how to proceed?

As miners are rescued, Chileans unite in prayer

October 13, 2010

Round-the-clock vigils and Masses for the miners are held around the country as the men are pulled out of the mine one by one

Pope prays for the recovery of the Chilean miners

October 13, 2010

Pope speaks about the rescue of the 33 Chilean miners during his general audience at the Vatican

It was surely praying at their ‘makeshift shrine’ that kept the Chilean miners sane

October 13, 2010

One of their first requests, after a crucifix, was for statues of Our Lady and the saints

Chile’s trapped miners send a flag to the Pope

October 08, 2010

Pope receives a gift from the 33 miners trapped nearly 2,257 feet underground in the city of San Jose

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