In 1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes in southern France ... with her blessed candle in her hand. Her parents were with her. Even before she reached the rock, she could see the ...

Lourdes (France ... People of all ages knelt inside the grotto praying for Francis, in front of a candle the size of a person at the entrance, in tribute to the late pope.

In Lourdes, France, in 1844 a baby girl named ... Bernadette had never failed to bring a lighted candle to the Grotto since the first time she had been instructed to do so by the Beautiful Lady.

In Lourdes, a place of pilgrimage for Christians worldwide, the faithful prayed for the "pope of the poor" after learning of ...