The first time I bathed in the waters of Lourdes, it was the 1980s, and the impact of its frigid waters stunned me and left a slightly negative impression. When I returned to the pilgrimage site 20 ...

There are only two places in the entire Catholic world that specialize in the investigation of alleged healing miracles: the Medical Commission of the Dicastery of the Causes of Saints, where ...

In 1967, four Dubliners and their long-kept secrets travel to Lourdes in search of a miracle. Chrissie, an Irish woman who sought refuge in the United States for decades after the tragic death of her ...

Linda Bersey grew up in a large Catholic family in West Orange as one of eight children with five sisters. Now 61 and living at the Jersey Shore, she was sent by her father, Thomas Collinson, to ...

Somebody involved with the making of "The Miracle Club" knows how to build a team. The film, which isn't quite a "faith-based" movie though it's likely to appeal to that genre's audience, brings ...

More than 3,000 pilgrims gathered in Lourdes this Easter as HCPT marks 70 years of its life-changing pilgrimage.Founded in 1956 by Brother Michael Strode, HCPT began with a simple but transformative ...

“France?” exclaims one astonished Irishwoman. “I thought you were going to Lourdes?!” The 1960s-era village from which the pilgrims depart in “The Miracle Club” isn’t a particularly sophisticated ...

LOURDES, France – Watched over by French soldiers and police, Catholic pilgrims from around the world prayed together for healing and peace Monday at a grotto shrine in Lourdes where exceptional ...