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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bernadette, The Musical is a powerful and deeply moving theatrical production that brings to life the extraordinary story of Bernadette Soubirous, the young girl whose Marian apparitions in Lourdes ...

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 ...

Following a successful tour in Europe, a newly developed English version of a French musical about Bernadette Soubirous will ...

“Que soy era Immaculada Concepciou.” I am the Immaculate Conception. In 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary spoke these hallowed words to Bernadette Soubirous, a teenager of 14 years old. Uneducated and ...

The relics of St. Bernadette Soubirous, on an exhibit tour in the United States since April, will be displayed from July 12-14 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 914 St. John St., Lafayette.

In Lourdes, France, in 1844 a baby girl named Bernadette Soubirous was born. Bernadette’s family was very poor, and Bernadette was responsible for looking after and caring for her brothers and sisters ...

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

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 ...