During the closure, pilgrims were invited to participate in a “water gesture” by washing their face, hands, and forearms with holy water from the miraculous spring. The Lourdes Grotto in ...

Even holy water from the Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes can’t get by ... The pilgrims protested that they had waited in long lines to fill up their bottles with holy water from the grotto.

For those who can’t visit the shrine of Lourdes, France, famous for its healing waters, a virtual pilgrimage — complete with water from the shrine — is coming to the Holy Ghost Catholic ...

View of the flooded Grotto of Lourdes, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. AP Photo/Bob Edme The shrine has special meaning for the suffering, many of whom believe its spring water can heal and even work ...

PARIS Even holy water from the Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes can't get by airport security screening passengers for suspicious liquids. A passenger on the inaugural flight of a new Vatican ...

In less than 24 hours the Holy Father will visit the Marian shrine at Lourdes for the second time of his pontificate in order to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate ...

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 ...

During the closure, pilgrims were invited to participate in a “water gesture” by washing their face, hands, and forearms with holy water from the miraculous spring. The Lourdes Grotto in ...