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 ...

On Feb. 11, 1858, 14-year-old Bernadette Soubirous went with her sister and a friend to collect firewood by the Gave de Pau river near their hometown of Lourdes in the south of France. Two of 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 ...

VATICAN CITY -- A French girl who saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in a cave at Lourdes 75 years ago was proclaimed a saint today and henceforth will be revered among the immortals of the Roman ...

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center hosted the St. Bernadette Soubirous relics Thursday morning in an event that was intended to honor the 19 th century saint and patron of the healthcare facility. The ...

A musical that tells the story of St. Bernadette, visionary of Our Lady of Lourdes, made its debut in Rome on Jan. 14. The premiere was reserved for a select group of guests: 1,600 people from ...

When she traveled to the small French town of Lourdes 14 years ago, Sister Bernadette Moriau didn’t know that she would be miraculously cured. “I always believed in miracles, but not for me,” the ...

FROM the demoralizing and disrupting influence of the belief in magic, modern science freed itself only by dint of prodigious effort and incalculable suffering, and scientists cherish their ...

Come for the presents. Stay for the baggage.

Bernadette Soubirous, just 14 years old, goes by the river near the Massabielle cave. It is there that, for the first time, a “lady dressed in white” appears to her. Accused of lying, Bernadette’s ...