France. Lourdes as a Shrine and miraculous place Today, around the grotto, a neo-Byzantine, three-level basilica was built. Underground is another basilica, which holds 7,000 people and has a ramp ...

Scott and Cheryl Filler have made many discoveries as they delved into restoring the 61-acre former Lourdes Franciscan Friary ...

France. Lourdes as a Shrine and miraculous place Today, around the grotto, a neo-Byzantine, three-level basilica was built. Underground is another basilica, which holds 7,000 people and has a ramp ...

He referred to the 1858 apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to a 14-year-old peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, in Lourdes, France. The apparition took place in a cave called the Grotto.

The logistical headaches of travel are multiplied for people with disabilities, a group that accounts for almost 30% of the ...

France produced an excellent display to top their Nations League group at the expense of Italy thanks to a 3-1 victory in ...

In front the grotto ... France there are shrines that testify to the vitality of this practice: the candle holders in front of statues or the relics of saints are always full. The Sanctuary of ...

Queues formed at St Mary’s Church on Chapel Lane on Tuesday to view the relics. The relics are on tour from Lourdes in France, where they attract millions ... USE THE ARROWS OR 'NEXT' TO BROWSE ...