At the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes on the campus of Mount St. Mary’s University, the agnostic in me could ...

The San Jose del Monte government and Ecowaste Coalition on Tuesday urged the public to leave pilgrim sites litter-free this Holy Week. In a joint statement, Ecowaste and San Jose del Monte government ...

The origin of The Grotto began in Lourdes, France as a pilgrimage by many Catholics, Reichert said. “Then it became a pilgrimage site, and hundreds of thousands of people a year still go to the ...

The Lourdes Grotto in France. Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA When they learned of his determination, many tried to dissuade him: “You’ll die on the way, you’ll be a problem and a pain for ...

In the grotto, the faithful drink or bathe in water flowing ... there are hundreds of souvenir shops selling memorabilia like Virgin Mary statues or containers for holy water. Lourdes looks to ...

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 ...

After heavy rainfall, a nearby river overflowed – causing water levels to rise about one meter deep in front of a grotto believed by some to be the place where the Virgin Mary appeared in 1858.

The Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes in the Hautes-Pyrénées region reopened to the public on Saturday after flooding earlier in the day caused it to close, the sanctuary said on its website.

Our Lady is said to have appeared 18 times to a young French girl named Bernadette Soubirous at the Grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes, France, in 1858. The apparition of Lourdes was authenticated ...

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 ...