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A man holds a crucifix as Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man plays with a child, backdropped by Catholic pilgrims filling the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Girls wearing traditional outfits rest during a Catholic pilgrimage attended by tens of thousands who joined their faith's biggest religious event, in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A priest takes a confession as Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A priest takes a confession as Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A man stands next to an icon during a Catholic pilgrimage attended by tens of thousands who joined their faith's biggest religious event, in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Franciscan monk Csaba Bojte prepares to get a Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 vaccine at a center setup near a church during a Catholic pilgrimage attended by tens of thousands who joined their faith's biggest religious event, in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Catholic pilgrims dot the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Catholic pilgrims dot the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man holds a little girl as Catholic pilgrims fill the hillsides after tens of thousands joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A man prepares to get a Johnson&Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a center setup near a church during a Catholic pilgrimage attended by tens of thousands who joined their faith's biggest religious event, in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Faithful gather for a mass during the traditional Roman Catholic Pentecostal festival in Sumuleu Ciuc, or Csiksomlyo in Hungarian, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. The Pentecostal pilgrimage to Csiksomlyo dating back to 1567 attracts hundreds of thousands of people every year as this is the most significant religious procession of the Hungarians living in the Carpathian Basin. (Nandor Veres/MTI via AP)

A man sits in a hammock during a Catholic pilgrimage that gathered tens of thousands who joined their faith's biggest religious event in Sumuleu Ciuc, Romania, Saturday, May 22, 2021. More than 35,000 Catholic pilgrims congregated at an open-air shrine in Sumuleu Ciuc in Transylvania on Saturday for an age-old procession that last year was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)