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Lourdes is the place where, in 1858, a young girl, Bernadette Soubirous, supposedly saw apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Interestingly, when pious witnesses followed Bernadette when she returned to see Mary, they saw nothing but Bernadette said that she did see the vision once again. The Catholic Church soon saw the commercial possibilities of these apparitions and aggressively marketed Lourdes as a place of pilgrimage. At first, there was no suggestion that miracle cures could be expected at Lourdes, but people of medieval and early modern times expected that wherever Mary's apparition was seen, one could expect the possibility of cures.
Lourdes is now renowned for its miracle cures. It receives over 80,000 pilgrims a year, of whom approximately 7000 people in more than a century have sought to have cures confirmed as miracles. Only 68 of these have been declared as scientifically inexplicable by both the Lourdes Medical Bureau and the Catholic Church, a number so small as to suggest that these cases were likely to have been cured or gone into remission anyway. Nevertheless, Catholics and perhaps other Christians go on pilgrimage to Lourdes either to experience this holy site or in the hope of a cure.
For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/catholicism/visions-of-the-virgin-mary
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Who can go to Lourdes?
Anyone can visit.
A person who went on pilgramage to Lourdes?
There are thousands that visit Lourdes every year.
Why was piligrimage during the middle ages?
People felt the need to visit especially holy places, as they still do e.g. Lourdes.
who can visit Lourdes?
anyone and not a general group of people
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.
Why is a trip to Lourdes different to a holiday?
Going to Lourdes is a pilgrimage, a visit to a holy place. So while on a pilgrimage to Lourdes or any holy place, you would be doing things like say prayers and going to religious services. In Lourdes you would also visit places associated with St. Bernadette.
Somewhere in Europe there is a Holy site that many Christians visit when they need physical healing can anyone tell you the name of this location or any other location?
One is Lourdes in southwestern France. See the link.
Do people still visit Lourdes now?
All kinds of people go to Lourdes, beginning with the desperately ill. Many, many people over the years have found healing at Lourdes, as promised by Our Blessed Lady. Many of them haven't even been religious when they went to Lourdes, some of them were just desperate enough to try anything, but they mostly come back from Lourdes profoundly changed. God always heals people at Lourdes, not necessarily physically, but healing is always found. Some people are just pilgrims or devout servants of the Blessed Virgin. Many just come to pray.
What else can do at Lourdes?
Outside of all of the things associated with the pilgrimages, there are many other things in and around of Lourdes. The town is at the foot of the Pyrenees mountains and they are a great attraction. People go skiing in them in winter. Gavarnie is a beautiful place near Lourdes. The river that flows through Lourdes is the river Gave, and it rises in Gavarnie. Many people visit Gavarnie. There is also the Lake of Lourdes that people visit, which is close to the town. There is a golf course close to Lourdes and also a rugby stadium.
What can Christians do during their time at Lourdes?
The high Pyrenees are still a place of wild beauty, and Lourdes was already a significant tourist destination before 1858, so visitors of all faiths can enjoy sight-seeing. Catholics can participate in a religious experience and, if they wish, bathe in the spring waters in the hope of a cure and purchase spring water and other curios. Non-Catholic Christians can take part in this as well, but also have the opportunity to try to understand the Catholic cult of mariology.For more information, please visit: http://christianity.answers.com/catholicism/visions-of-the-virgin-mary
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