The Sanctuary of Lourdes is holding its first online pilgrimage today as one of France’s most-visited tourism destinations struggles to recover from the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus.

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes was built on the site where the Virgin Mary appeared to a young St. Bernadette Soubirous from Feb. 11 to July 16, 1858, in a cave-grotto in southwestern France.

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in Southern France is the site of 70 medical miracles recognized by the Catholic Church. The Marian shrine is famous to the faithful, but less well known is ...

Armed with rosaries, their “most powerful weapon,” a group of Swiss Guards traveled to Lourdes for the 60th International Military Pilgrimage in May ...

Bill Whitaker: This feels like it's almost ten pounds– Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis: Ten pounds. Scrutinizing the medical miracles of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes ...

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Lourdes and Tarbes said March 31, 2025, that the sanctuary will cover the mosaics on the door of the facade of the basilica, citing a need for a symbolic step to help ...

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 31, 2023 / 15:07 pm. Mosaic art created by Father Marko Rupnik could be removed from the Basilica of the Sanctuary of Lourdes, France, out of consideration for victims of ...