Reporting from Lourdes, France — Dazed by a series of light-filled spiritual apparitions in a remote southwestern French grotto, a teenager named Bernadette dressed in mid-19th century peasant ...

1844: Bernarde-Marie, called Bernadette, daughter of François and Louise Soubirous, is born at Boly Mill near Lourdes in southwestern France. 1854: Pope Pius IX proclaims that the Virgin Mary was ...

A special visit to France, walking in saintly footsteps. In 1858, Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes was favored with 18 apparitions of the Virgin Mary while kneeling before her luminous presence in ...

A scene from ‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ (Photo: Courtesy photo) Despite “not being an evident bestseller,” Bernadette of Lourdes quickly became a huge success in France.

The first of 18 apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes to 14-year-old St. Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, France, happened on this day in history, Feb. 11, 1858.

A study conducted in 2012 estimated that the town of Nevers would stand to lose 170,000 visitors and €2.5 million in revenue if Saint Bernadette’s remains were to be transferred to Lourdes.

MIAMI — The relics of St. Bernadette, the Marian visionary of Lourdes, France, will tour the United States for the first time. The visit will begin in South Florida at Our Lady of Lourdes Church ...

LOURDES, France — When Pope Benedict XVI visited this small town in the foothills of the French Pyrenees from Sept. 13 to 15, he followed in the footsteps of millions of pilgrims before him ...

One of the most famous Catholic saints, Bernadette was a 14 year old peasant girl from the Pyrenees in Southern France when she saw "the white lady" in a grotto in 1858. Soon thousands would flock ...

The Sanctuary of Lourdes is holding its first online pilgrimage today as one of France’s most-visited tourism destinations struggles to recover from the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus.

The Catholic Church says the Virgin Mary appeared to 14-year-old Bernadette Soubiroux in 1858 in Lourdes, France. The saint's relics are touring the U. S. this year.