Monks wearing protective facemasks sit and stand as they follow the social distancing measures at the Grotte de Massabielle in the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Lourdes, southwestern France, ...

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 ...

Mass is celebrated in the grotto at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France in this 2008 file photo. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) (Jan. 4, 2011) See LOURDES-REPAIRS Jan. 4, 2011. Some 6 million ...

The grotto of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, is open and ready for visitors after being closed for two years due to Covid-19. The apparition of the Virgin Mary, who reportedly ...

“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 ...

1844: Bernarde-Marie, called Bernadette, daughter of François and Louise Soubirous, is born at Boly Mill near Lourdes in southwestern France. 1854: Pope Pius IX proclaims that the Virgin Mary was ...

Some 9,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims took their seats to celebrate Sunday's Feast of the Assumption Mass in Lourdes, south-west France. "I'm surprised there are so many people. It's not like other years ...

LOURDES, France Heavy floods in southwest France have left two dead and forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels. Muddy ...