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 ...

These lesser-known apparitions of Gietrzwald in Poland have striking echoes of Our Lady's visits to Lourdes and Fatima. Fatima and Lourdes are household names when it comes to approved apparitions of ...

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 ...

When Our Lady appears, so does biblical symbolism connected to her and her messages for us. I have often wondered about certain aspects in Our Lady’s apparitions. For instance, why did she appear at ...

On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, recalling a series of 18 appearances that the Blessed Virgin Mary made to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: We have a special report today on Lourdes. For Catholics, it’s the most popular pilgrimage site in the world, after the Holy Land. Sick people go to Lourdes hoping for ...

Worshippers hold candles May 12, 2022, at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. (OSV News photo/Pedro Nunes, Reuters) Next week, the Vatican is set to publish a new set of guidelines on ...

The last apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes will be celebrated at the Lourdes chapel in Mġarr on Friday. Masses will be said at 5.15am, 9, 1pm, 3.30pm and 6pm. An hour of prayer, led by the Italian ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The dogma of the Immaculate Conception was proclaimed by Pope Pius IX in 1850. Four years later in the small French town of Lourdes, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to ...

Madam, - As this year marks the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady to St Bernadette of Lourdes, it came as no … Madam, - As this year marks the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of ...