The Catholic Church held what is being termed as the first online pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. Earlier this spring, for the first time in its 162-year existence the ...

Each year, millions of people from different faiths make religious journeys. They travel far, to Mecca, Jerusalem, the Ganges River or Lourdes, France, to walk the paths of prophets, saints and ...

Candles are seen around a statue of Mary in the grotto at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France in this file photo. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen OXFORD, United Kingdom — An international ...

Brancardiers from the Diocese of Middlesbrough carry the statue of Our Lady in a procession at Lourdes, with the Rosary Basilica behind them during the 2019 pilgrimage. (Credit: Courtesy Lacaze, ...

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 ...

The “invisible” wounds of war are at the heart of the eighth-annual Warriors to Lourdes pilgrimage, taking place May 10-16 during the 62nd International Military Pilgrimage at the shrine in ...

The Bandra Feast is fifteen days of prayer, devotions, and fun-filled commercial activity in an upmarket suburb of India's commercial capital Mumbai. The event is annual, and draws people of every ...

Over 12,000 soldiers from over 40 countries are set to arrive in Lourdes, France on Friday as part of the 61st Annual International Military Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage goes throughout the weekend ...

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