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 ...

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 ...

Nuns pray in front of the Massabielle grotto in Lourdes, in April 2005. The site is Christianity's most visited place of pilgrimage after Rome. Picture: AFP As Soubirous’ vision came 12 years ...

This bottle of holy water - unopened - washed up at my feet on the beach at Shingle Street in Suffolk, over 800 miles away from Lourdes. The story of how this holy water came to wash up here will ...

A pilgrimage is a journey religious people take to a holy place or a place of religious ... help them connect with their faith’s history. Lourdes has been an important pilgrimage site since ...