Marian devotion
Our Lady of Nuakchot
Nuakchot, Mauritania
The Christians of Mauritania venerate the Virgin Mary in the country's capital.
In Nuakchot, the capital of Mauritania, the small Christian community venerates the Virgin Mary. The spiritual missionaries established devotion in the 19th century.
Faith in the Sahara Desert
Mauritania is a country in the Sahara desert. Christians are an extremely small minority, less than 0.1% of the population. The Virgin Mary is the mother who protects them in the desert.
Tradition tells that the Virgin protects Mauritanian Christians, who are a brave minority. The faithful pray the Rosary in their homes, knowing that the Virgin listens to them.
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