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Philippines
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Cerith Gardiner
Bride wades through flooded church to get to the altar
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Philip Kosloski
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Isabella H. de Carvalho
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Francisco Veneto
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Fr. Atilano Fajardo
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Philip Kosloski
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Philip Kosloski