Unbelievers might well view the entire endeavor at the Massabielle Grotto—where the ailing anoint themselves with the moisture they wipe from the black stone walls—as an exercise in futility.

A rock called Massabielle towers over the Gave de Pau River near Lourdes, France. At 27 meters tall, it has a 4-meter grotto at its base and a niche in the rock above it to the right. On Feb. 11, 1858 ...

Our Lady of Lourdes Feast celebrated February 11 In 1858, in the grotto of Massabielle, near Lourdes in southern France, Our Lady appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, a young peasant girl.

The Massabielle Grotto where the Lady appeared to Bernadette eighteen times, the last time of which was on July 16, 1858, is the heart and major attraction of Lourdes. The name Massabielle derives ...

Since 1858, about 6,800 people have reported being cured at St. Bernadette’s grotto, though the Roman Catholic Church has proclaimed only 67 of these to be miracles and hasn’t recorded the ...

The Pope will then visit the Massabielle Grotto where the Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous on February 16, 1858. He will then drink the water from the grotto's spring, offer the Virgin ...

The chapel of the Virgin of Alta Gracia is located on a large property where in 1916 a replica was dedicated of the Massabielle grotto in Lourdes, France, where the Virgin appeared in 1858 to St ...

In his own book, Lourdes Diary: Seven Days at the Grotto of Massabieille,, Loyola Press, 2006, James Martin, SJ, says he was "captivated" by Harris's book.

Getty Images Brother Deodat was inspired by the Massabielle grotto in Lourdes where St Bernadette, a young country girl, reportedly saw the Blessed Virgin Mary 18 times in 1858 ...

Around 7 a.m. of March 3, 1858, Bernadette went with her mother, Louise, to the Massabielle Grotto. Some 4,000 people were waiting there for her. The Vision did not appear and the crowd was ...