Floodwaters damage Pius X Basilica in France 00:47. LOURDES, France Heavy floods in southwest France have left two dead and forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the ...

The return of the possibility of full immersion in the sacred water has been welcomed by the thousands of sick, disabled, and volunteers taking part in France’s 151st national pilgrimage for the ...

France’s most famous pilgrimage site plans a new tourism future. Second in popularity to Rome for Catholics, Lourdes is taking lessons from the pandemic to broaden its offerings.

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.

Despite being vaccinated and taking other precautions, 46 out of 294 people on a Lourdes pilgrimage contracted COVID, but no one was hospitalized for the virus, or had regrets, and organizers are ...

For those who can’t visit the shrine of Lourdes, France, famous for its healing waters, a virtual pilgrimage — complete with water from the shrine — is coming to the Holy Ghost Catholic ...

An Indiana priest says he was cured of a brain tumor after making a June 2022 pilgrimage to Lourdes, France. Fr. John Hollowell said he offered up his suffering for abuse survivors.

France's Lourdes Roman Catholic shrine, on Thursday organised its first ever e-pilgrimage following the coronavirus crisis, drawing a virtual audience of 80 million from around the world. Lourdes ...

Lourdes, France The 92-mile Piemont Route connects St-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Lourdes, ... Lourdes, in southwest France, has been a popular pilgrimage site since 1858. Photograph by Getty Images. 7.

This spring, 52 pilgrims led by Bishop John N. Tran, traveled to six Marian sites in Portugal, Spain and France on a journey ...

Rome Newsroom, Aug 13, 2024 / 09:08 am. The baths at the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France have fully reopened for the first time in four years for France’s national pilgrimage for ...