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 ...

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. "Thanks ...

LOURDES, France Heavy floods in southwest France have left two dead and forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels. Muddy ...

San Antonio is known worldwide for iconic religious landmarks — its Missions were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2015 — but far fewer realize that it’s home to a replica of a religious ...

An elderly woman has been killed in fierce flooding that has closed one of Catholicism's holiest shrines - the Grotto of Lourdes in southwest France. The 70-year-old woman, who was not named, was ...

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 ...