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How many Christians go to Lourdes?
Hundreds of thousands go every year.
What does the Hajj have in common with Lourdes?
The Hajj is a pilgrimage undertaken by Muslims who go to Mecca. Lourdes is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics. Millions of Muslims go each year to Mecca and millions of Catholics go each year to Lourdes.
Is Lourdes a large town in France?
Lourdes has a population of about 15,000 but receives about 5 million visitors each year.
How many people have visited Lourdes each year?
Lourdes in France attracts millions of visitors annually, with estimates ranging from 5 to 6 million visitors each year. The town is a popular pilgrimage site for Catholics seeking healing and spiritual solace.
Feast of the your Lady of Lourdes?
It is the 11th of February each year.
What is the population of Lourdes?
The resident population of Lourdes is between 15,000 and 18,000; although those who visit Lourdes each year are estimated at well over five million.
Do they drink wine at Lourdes?
Yes. Lourdes is a large French town with many tourists every year and so it has many hotels and restaurants. You can get wine at these and many other outlets in Lourdes.
What year was Lourdes Rodriguez born?
Lourdes Rodriguez is a member of the all-girl pop group, OMG Girls. Lourdes was born in the year 1998, which makes her 15 years old as of the year 2013.
A person who went on pilgramage to Lourdes?
There are thousands that visit Lourdes every year.
When did people start going to Lourdes?
People can go at any time of year, but there are not so many visitors during the winter months. Special days, like the 11th of February, the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, are very busy. The summer months are very busy.
Where did the Virgin Mary meet Bernadette?
Many Catholic shrines are associated with alleged apparitions of the virgin Mary. Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl, told her mother that she had seen a 'lady' in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from Lourdes, while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar appearances of the lady were reported on seventeen further occasions that year, and many Christians believe the sightings to have been of the virgin Mary.The truth of the apparitions of Lourdes is not an article of faith for Catholics. For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/catholicism/visions-of-the-virgin-mary
What is the importance of Lourdes to Christians?
When a location becomes known for having been visited by the Holy Mother, it becomes a place of pilgrimage and donations to the local church quickly allow for the construction of impressive shrines and for the betterment of the church and its community. In this case, a 14-year-old peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous, told her mother that she had seen a 'lady' in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from Lourdes, while she was gathering firewood with her sister and a friend. Similar appearances of the lady were reported on seventeen further occasions that year, and many Christians believe the sightings to have been of Mary mother of Jesus.Pope Pius IX authorised the local bishop to permit the veneration of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes in 1862. Lourdes is now a site for Catholic pilgrimage, receiving over 80,000 pilgrims a year. It renowned for its cures and approximately 7000 people have sought to have cures confirmed as miracles, but only 68 of these have been declared as scientifically inexplicable by both the Lourdes Medical Bureau and the Catholic Church. This number is so small as to suggest that these cases were likely to have been cured or gone into remission anyway.While Lourdes is important for the Catholic Church, it is not at all important for other Christians, most of whom are barely aware of its existence.
