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

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 ...

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LOURDES, France — In Lourdes ... READ: Pope Francis: Remembering his life, teachings and legacy – Live Updates The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is visited by millions of pilgrims every ...

"It's a symbol that shows that something happens," said Stephanie Vergano, a 43-year-old woman from Bordeaux in France ... he "loved Lourdes and was sure to use the water from the grotto every ...

And though she has good reason to complain, the lifelong Catholic and St. Bernadette parishioner prefers to live seeking God ... with the organization to Lourdes, France, in April.

"Paradoxically, there are almost no sick people in Lourdes for World Day of the Sick," Father Daubanes said. "The weather is very cold, and in recent days, I have celebrated Mass at the grotto in the ...

The origin of The Grotto began in Lourdes, France as a pilgrimage by many Catholics, Reichert said. “Then it became a pilgrimage site, and hundreds of thousands of people a year still go to the ...

In 1858, she claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary 18 times at the Grotto of Massabielle, the Apparitions of Lourdes were authenticated in 1866 by the Bishop of Tarbes. In the same year, Bernadette ...

The relics are on tour from Lourdes in France, where they attract millions ... said that she saw the Virgin Mary 18 times at the Grotto of Massabielle in 1858. She died at the age of 35 and ...