
Lourdes Announces 72nd Miracle: Italian Pilgrim Cured of Degenerative Disease
Antonietta Raco described experiencing ‘an unusual feeling of well-being’ after bathing in the Lourdes spring in 2009.
Antonietta Raco described experiencing ‘an unusual feeling of well-being’ after bathing in the Lourdes spring in 2009.
Marlene Watkins, author of ‘Everyday Miracles of Lourdes’ (EWTN Publishing), recounts the life of St. Bernadette Soubirous, whose sanctity lay not in grand gestures but in prayer, suffering and fidelity.
The basilica’s side doors were covered on the morning of March 31, and the two central doors will be covered in a few days, according to the shrine.
Miracles at both shrines show how God uses simple elements — just as he did in Scripture — to bring healing and conversion.
Archbishop McMahon concluded during a canonical commission that based on the evidence assembled by Moriarty, Traynor’s healing was indeed miraculous.
The return of the possibility of full immersion in the sacred water has been welcomed by the thousands of sick, disabled, and volunteers taking part in France’s 151st national pilgrimage for the Assumption solemnity.
Father Jim Sullivan, a Catholic priest from Waterbury, called the five-day, 365-mile route unrelenting but exhilarating.
The Lourdes bishop’s announcement comes less than two weeks after he met with Pope Francis in a private audience at the Vatican on June 20.
Watch videos that offer extraordinary views and enhance the way the faithful see these edifices.
On this week’s Register Radio, CNA Rome correspondent Courtney Mares in Rome talks about her recent trip to Lourdes, and Register senior editor Jonathan Liedl talks about his article on Africa and same-sex blessings, ‘The Congo Flows Into the Tiber.’
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