Pope Leo Heads to Lourdes: What to Know About One of Catholicism’s Most Famous Pilgrimage Sites
- On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV arrives at Tarbes airport for a four-day apostolic journey to France, marking the first official papal state visit to the country in 18 years.
- Leo will meet seven sexual abuse survivors during the visit, addressing a crisis highlighted by a 2021 report estimating 330,000 children were abused by French church personnel over 70 years.
- Church officials are covering mosaics by former Jesuit artist Marko Ivan Rupnik at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, who faces an ongoing Vatican trial for alleged abuse.
- Surging demand for accommodation has triggered extreme prices, with some hoteliers charging more than $2,300 per night during Leo's visit to the pilgrimage site.
- Renowned as the fourth most visited Catholic pilgrimage site globally, Lourdes remains central to believers since the Catholic Church officially validated 72 miraculous healings following Bernadette Soubirous's visions in 1862.
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Pope Leo in Lourdes: What to know about one of Catholicism’s most famous pilgrimage sites
Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France on Sunday. His trip is the first official papal state visit to France in 18 years. Lourdes is a major pilgrimage site, attracting around 3…
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Pope Leo XIV is taking his opposition to euthanasia and medically assisted dying to Lourdes. The French Catholic shrine is associated with miraculous cures and is now also a place of healing for survivors of clergy sexual abuse. Leo was…
Léon XIV continued his visit to Lourdes in France, with a new mass and a long-awaited appointment with victims of sexual violence in the Church.
Pope Leo XIV prayed for “wise and generous rulers” for France during his visit to the shrine of Lourdes. In the Grotto of Massabielle, the spiritual heart of the pilgrimage complex, he entrusted the country to the protection of the Virgin Mary. “We pray for rulers who are ready for self-sacrifice, capable of meeting challenges and willing to serve the common good,” the pope said in his prayer. His message comes as preparations for the next presi…
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The Catholic SunPope Leo prays for the sick and suffering in the Lourdes grotto in France
"We pray to you, our Mother, for France, for you are her patroness and have protected her for so many centuries," Pope Leo said in a prayer to Mary at Lourdes.
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