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Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church - Toronto - was created in 1884.
Roman Catholic AnswerToday, many pilgrims seeking to honor Our Lady, and/or seeking healing go to Lourdes.
Lourdes is a small, pretty town in the south of France which is the site of a Christian shrine where a young girl called Bernadette claimed to have a vision of the Virgin Mary. France is predominantly Roman Catholic country. Therefore, as far as the religion is concerned, Lourdes is a Christian site. However, as far as denomination is concerned (i.e. the branch of the Christian Church with which it is associated), most visitors to Lourdes tend to be Roman Catholics. However, as a non-Catholic (I am a member of the Church of England) when I visited Lourdes myself a couple of years ago I found that there were many denominations represented their as well as Roman Catholics including Anglicans (like myself) Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, and so on - and even non-believers who nevertheless wanted to experience the almost tangible spirituality of this special place.
Roman Catholic AnswerI should think that the most important things to take to Lourdes are your faith in God, and your need for Him.
Roman Catholic AnswerToday, many pilgrims seeking to honor Our Lady, and/or seeking healing go to Lourdes.
Lourdes, the site where the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Bernadette.
Roman Catholic AnswerA shrine is a holy place associated with a miracle or a saint.
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This Roman Catholic devotional image has been appropriated by practitioners of Santeria, through a process called syncretism, to represent a pagan deity.
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Roman Catholic AnswerThe Washington National Cathedral is a Cathedral of the Episcopal Church, it's web page says that it is the second largest Cathedral in the United States, after St. John's in New York. The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Catholic Church in the United States, but it is not as large as the Washington National Cathedral.
She was raised Roman Catholic and attended Catholic school.