On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, recalling a series of 18 appearances that the Blessed Virgin Mary made to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, ...

Vatican City, Nov 13, 2007 / 11:21 am (CNA).- A press conference took place in the Holy See Press Office this morning to discuss the program of celebrations organized to mark the 150th anniversary of ...

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 ...

The shrine at Lourdes, France, where the Virgin Mary is venerated as 'Our Lady of Lourdes,' following several apparitions reported in 1858. LandFoto/iStock / Getty Images Plus The Vatican recently ...

These lesser-known apparitions of Gietrzwald in Poland have striking echoes of Our Lady's visits to Lourdes and Fatima. Fatima and Lourdes are household names when it comes to approved apparitions of ...

On Dec. 8, the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) will screen The Message of Lourdes. The network’s latest film is based upon the life of St. Bernadette and the 1858 Marian apparitions at Lourdes ...

Worshippers hold candles May 12, 2022, at the Marian shrine of Fatima in central Portugal. (OSV News photo/Pedro Nunes, Reuters) Next week, the Vatican is set to publish a new set of guidelines on ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See Press Office has announced that Benedict XVI will make an apostolic trip to France from 12 to 15 September, for the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the ...

“For those who have faith, no explanation is necessary. For those without faith, no explanation is sufficient.” Those were the opening lines of the 1943 Academy Award-winning “Song of Bernadette,” a ...