News from the Sanctuary
07 May 2025
Lourdes and the popes: a history of faith and pilgrimage
On 8th December 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, declaring that the Virgin Mary, by a special grace of God, was preserved from original sin from the moment of her conception. This mystery of faith, long venerated in the Church, thus became an official truth of the...
7 May 2025
On 8th December 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, declaring that...
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21 April 2025
Monday 21st April 2025 – Press release from Monsignor Jean-Marc Micas, Bishop f Tarbes et Lourdes...
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16 April 2025
Wednesday 16 April 2025 – The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes welcomes the official proclamation...
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31 March 2025
Monday 31st March 2025 – Recovering the entrance doors to the Rosary Basilica 3 questions to Mgr. Jean-Marc...
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28 March 2025
In Lourdes, as in all Catholic churches, Holy Week begins on Palm Sunday, includes Maundy Thursday, celebrating...
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17 March 2025
Lourdes is an open-air Sanctuary, where believers and non-believers from all over the world and of all...
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14 March 2025
The father of Jesus is considered the patron saint of fathers. The Sanctuary invites you to celebrate...
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17 February 2025
On 18th February, the Sanctuary celebrates Saint Bernadette Soubirous. She was born in Lourdes in 1844...
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4 February 2025
Bernadette Soubirous was born on 7th January 1844 into a family of millers in Lourdes. She came from...
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30 January 2025
The Sanctuary of Lourdes invites you to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes at the Grotto of Massabielle....
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10 January 2025
The baptism of Jesus, celebrated on the Sunday after Epiphany, 12th January in the year 2025, is one...
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3 January 2025
Bernadette Soubirous was born on 7th January 1844 in Lourdes, at the time a small town in the Pyrenees,...
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2 January 2025
The Epiphany celebrates the Magi’s coming to worship the Infant God. These visitors appear in an...
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26 December 2024
With Mary, pilgrims of hope Pilgrims from all over the world will converge on Rome to pass through the...
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16 December 2024
With the Holy Family, we are invited to set out on a journey to protect our faith in Jesus. Lourdes can...
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8 December 2024
The Sanctuary of Notre-Dame de Lourdes hosts the official post-mortem proclamation of the 71st miracle...
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6 December 2024
In Lourdes, the feast of the Immaculate Conception and the 170th anniversary of the proclamation of the...
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5 December 2024
Christmas is the feast of the Incarnation, a time when God became close to humanity. He calls us to welcome...
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27 November 2024
On 5th December, World Volunteer Day pays tribute to volunteers. Volunteering in Lourdes offers a unique...
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20 November 2024
For the first time in the history of Lourdes, a historical project has brought to light the largest collection...
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