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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:32 PM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:33 PM EDT
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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)

May. 22, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
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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)

May. 22, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:31 PM EDT
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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)

May. 22, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
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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)

May. 22, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
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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 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)

May. 22, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:30 PM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 07:13 AM EDT
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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)

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)

May. 22, 2021 12:28 PM EDT
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