A special visit to France, walking in saintly footsteps. From above: A statue of Bernadette stands in front of the St. Bernadette Museum at the Lourdes sanctuary; the pose of the image reflects her ...

Addressing the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus on Sunday, Pope John Paul meditated upon the coming feast of our Lady of Lourdes (February 11) and the 150th anniversary of the ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - From 8 December 2007 to 8 December 2008 Lourdes will celebrate a Jubilee Year for the 150th anniversary of the apparitions at the grotto of Massabielle. The intense ...

Every year for the past eight years or so, our family has had the tradition of taking annual patron saints. This has been the source of some specific blessings, even beyond that gift of coming to know ...

VATICAN CITY _ A frail and wheelchair-bound Pope John Paul II will travel to the shrine of Lourdes in the Pyrenees of southwest France on Saturday (Aug. 14) as “a pilgrim among pilgrims,” weak in body ...

The following is the text of the Message of Benedict XVI for the 16th World Day of the Sick, which will be celebrated on February 11th 2008 (Unofficial translation by the Pontifical Council for the ...

On the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Grotto of Massabielle near Lourdes, a daily Plenary Indulgence is granted to the Christian faithful who, ...

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 ...

The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Mary, the mother of Christ, was conceived without sin. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Mary, the mother of Christ, was ...

Palermo (Agenzia Fides) - The Capuchin Sisters of the Immaculate of Lourdes celebrate on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2009, the centennial anniversary of the congregation and its ...

Sister Ann Belz, IHM, (formerly Sister Mary Lourdes) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died on Friday, July 4, 2025, at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, PA. Born on ...