The first of 18 apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, happened on this day in history, Feb. 11, 1858. Soubirous, then a sickly 14-year-old peasant girl ...

LOURDES, France -- When Pope Benedict XVI visited this small town in the foothills of the French Pyrenees last week, he followed in the footsteps of millions of pilgrims who came before him. Like them ...

In April, the bishop of Lourdes said, a decision will be made regarding what to do about the mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik that decorate the shrine at Lourdes. A mosaic designed by Father Marko ...

The bishop of Lourdes says that he has received a “pile of letters” from Catholics all over the world as he considers whether to remove the shrine’s mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik.

“Que soy era Immaculada Concepciou.” I am the Immaculate Conception. In 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary spoke these hallowed words to Bernadette Soubirous, a teenager of 14 years old. Uneducated and ...

The mosaics on the doors of the facade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France, are being covered in an undated photograph provided by ...

River flooding forced the temporary closure of the famous grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France. The shrine complex remained open to visitors. A morning Mass, however, was ...

When Fred Magnanimi was at Bishop Hendricken High School, his Italian grandmother would spray him with holy water from Lourdes before football games. But if you told teenage Magnanimi that he would ...

The church's bishop has opted to leave them in place for now so as not to “tear the church apart.” Mosaics by artist and priest Marko Rupnik, displayed on the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Basilica in the ...

En 2026, Lourdes organisera à nouveau des élections municipales. Les habitants seront appelés à désigner leur futur maire et ...

The closed Basilica of Lourdes is pictured May 8, 2020, in Lourdes, southwestern France. The Vatican came under pressure Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, to explain why it didn’t prosecute a famous Jesuit ...