Shortly after Christmas 2007, I went to the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco's North Beach and paid $2 to light a pillar candle. Even though I haven't considered myself a practicing Catholic since the age of 16, I've gone to this shrine multiple times over...
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