What happens at Lourdes?

Answer 1

At Lourdes it's believed miracles take place. People from all over the world will travel to Lourdes on a pilgrimage, while there they will pray and have holy water poured over their head. If you have a disability eg. being deaf, it is believed you will get your hearing back.

Lourdes, France, was the site of an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to a poor, fourteen year old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first apparition occurred 11 February 1858, there were 18 in all. Currently, Lourdes is one of the most famous and popular pilgrimages for people, especially to be healed. There have been many miracles at Lourdes which are fully attested to by physicians as genuine miracles. We are talking instantaneous healing of broken legs, complete cures of individuals on their deathbed, etc.

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Answer 2

At Lourdes it's believed miracles take place. People from all over the world will travel to Lourdes on a pilgrimage, while there they will pray and have holy water poured over their head. If you have a disability eg. being deaf, it is believed you will get your hearing back.

Lourdes, France, was the site of an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to a poor, fourteen year old girl, Bernadette Soubiroux. The first apparition occurred 11 February 1858, there were 18 in all. Currently, Lourdes is one of the most famous and popular pilgrimages for people, especially to be healed. There have been many miracles at Lourdes which are fully attested to by physicians as genuine miracles. We are talking instantaneous healing of broken legs, complete cures of individuals on their deathbed, etc.

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Answer 3

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.