“SHRINE” in italiano

They stopped at a waterside shrine of white marble built into the rock wall.

And the story has never been of consequence to anybody who has come faithfully to the shrine and asked the help of the Virgin.

The killers were waiting outside the shrine.

Perhaps he had not said three hundred Ave Marias in each church on his way; it might have happened that he had said only two hundred and eighty in some places, and he might even have skipped a few churches, being in a hurry to reach the shrine.

To the Mexicans and the Indians of Mexico this image is of great importance, because whoever is in trouble or pain undertakes a pilgrimage to that shrine feeling sure that the Holy Virgin will help him out of his worries, whatever they are.