Because he couldn’t visit Lourdes, the bishop of Tarbes made this wonderful grotto, and it was brought here into the Vatican so that the Pope, although being here, could visit the grotto of ...

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI referred to the pristine foliage of the Vatican Gardens as his ‘vital space’ for prayer. Amid the colorful flowers and trees is a replica of the Lourdes Grotto ...

To help celebrate the Vatican security service’s patron saint, St. Michael the archangel, the pope celebrated Mass for security personnel at the grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens.

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 ...

His visit marks the first major trip of a Vatican official outside of Rome since the COVID-19 outbreak began in Europe in early March. Lourdes held a virtual pilgrimage to the shine July 16 for an ...

Pope Francis prays after leading the recitation of the rosary during a prayer service at the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens on May 30. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) ...

With approval from the Holy See, Međugorje now joins more established Catholic sanctuaries in Fatima and Lourdes - although here the Marian apparitions have been declared authentic by the Vatican.

The Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery at 911 E. North Ave. was recently rededicated by clergy at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church - but it may have been the century ...

For months the citizens of Lourdes have labored to prepare for the record 8,000,000 pilgrims expected in this centenary year. On Rue de la Grotte the four-story Hotel Vatican is crusted with ...

The Vatican has radically reformed its process for evaluating alleged visions of the Virgin Mary, ... Portugal, and Lourdes, France, into enormously popular pilgrimage destinations.