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 ...

A special visit to France, walking in saintly footsteps. From above: A statue of Bernadette stands in front of the St. Bernadette Museum at the Lourdes sanctuary; the pose of the image reflects her ...

When Our Lady appears, so does biblical symbolism connected to her and her messages for us. I have often wondered about certain aspects in Our Lady’s apparitions. For instance, why did she appear at ...

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 ...

Worshippers hold candles May 12, 2022, at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. (OSV News photo/Pedro Nunes, Reuters) Next week, the Vatican is set to publish a new set of guidelines on ...

“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 ...

On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, recalling a series of 18 appearances that the Blessed Virgin Mary made to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, ...

Bernadette, The Musical is a powerful and deeply moving theatrical production that brings to life the extraordinary story of Bernadette Soubirous, the young girl whose Marian apparitions in Lourdes ...