In 1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes in southern France, Our Lady appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant girl. She revealed herself as the Immaculate Conception ...

The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral. Previous approved ...

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Fr. Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the Basilica ...

The back wall of the shrine’s Basilica of the Holy Trinity is covered in an enormous, floor-to-ceiling work by Father Marko ...

The basilica’s side doors were covered on the morning of March 31, and the two central doors will be covered in a few days, according to the shrine. Mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik ...

Opening prayer – to be prayed before each day’s special prayer Be blessed, O most pure Virgin, for having vouchsafed to manifest your shining with life, sweetness and beauty, in the Grotto of ...