There was considerable concern over the disappearance because the woman uses a walking frame and weather warnings have been issued in that region of France amid a record-breaking heatwave ...

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 ...

TOULOUSE, FRANCE (AFP) - France's Lourdes Roman Catholic shrine, on Thursday (July 16) organised its first ever e-pilgrimage following the coronavirus crisis, drawing a virtual audience of 80 ...

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 ...

As a scholar of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity, I know the importance of pilgrimages.But rituals have often been adapted in the face of difficult circumstances. The pilgrimage of Lourdes. In 1858 ...

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.

Frail Pope On Lourdes Pilgrimage. August 15, 2004 / 2:29 PM EDT / CBS/AP His voice weak, his legs unsteady as he knelt in prayer, Pope ...