LOURDES, France – Watched over by French soldiers and police, Catholic pilgrims from around the world prayed together for healing and peace Monday at a grotto shrine in Lourdes where exceptional ...

ROME (AP) — Officials at the Catholic shrine in Lourdes announced the creation of a study group Friday to decide what to do with one of the French sanctuary’s most famous but now controversial ...

Pope Francis has named a special envoy to prioritise spirituality at the Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes in France over "managerial and financial" aspects. The Italian press said Friday that the ...

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 ...

A depiction of the Risen Christ appearing to his disciples is seen in a mosaic at the shrine in Lourdes, France. (Credit: Nancy Wiechec/CNS.) Listen ROME – On Friday the bishop who oversees a famed ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI will visit the Lourdes shrine in southern France this week, following the same path many have taken hoping for miracles. Pope Benedict will be a pilgrim and what he ...

ROME — Officials at the Catholic shrine in Lourdes are studying what to do with one of the French sanctuary’s most famous but now controversial attractions: mosaics by a Jesuit artist who has been ...

Pope Francis has named a special envoy to prioritise spirituality at the Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes in France over "managerial and financial" aspects. Pope Francis says he wants to see less ...