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NATIVITY CHURCH MOSAICS

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A worker from the Piacenti restoration center works on a mosaic in the Church of the Nativity July 5 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Restoration specialists from the center completed their work in June. (CNS photo/CNS/Debbie Hill) See NATIVITY-CHURCH-MOSAICS July 6, 2016.

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