River flooding forced the temporary closure of the famous grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France. The shrine complex remained open to visitors. A morning Mass, however, was ...

AMMAN, Jordan — In a war-torn Holy Land riven by interreligious divisions, more and more people are turning to Jordan’s replica of the Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine in France that stands as a bastion of ...

Mother Seton, looking over her rock from Corpus Christi Chapel, still sings to St. Mary's Mountain. The National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in Emmitsburg, Maryland, sits on the side of St.

After a long, seemingly endless winter, spring is finally here. Although it hardly “came in like a lamb,” as the old adage purports, it does appear that the worst of the cold weather is in our ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. Image on file. (Plaque at top of grotto:) FAVOR/REQUESTED AND GRANTED/FEBRUARY 26, 1918/HONOR AND GLORY/TO THE/BLESSED VIRGIN MARY/G.F.-A.M. (On fence:) ...

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 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 ...

Those who visit the chapel of the Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in the city of Alta Gracia in Córdoba province, Argentina, witness a phenomenon that has no explanation: In the niche that is part of the ...

Piece consists of a domed four-sided structure, open to the northeast via large arch. Two smaller arches are in the side walls and bells hang in these "windows." At the rear of the structure on the ...

In the niche that is part of the altarpiece above the altar, an image of the Virgin Mary can be seen although without a doubt the space is empty — there is nothing there. The image of the statue of ...