[NYer]

Priests and pilgrims attend an eucharistic procession in front of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Lourdes, France, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Catholic pilgrims on Monday mark the 150th anniversary of the apparition of the Madonna at Lourdes, with 50,000 pilgrims expected, including 26 bishops and 800 priests. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Archbishop of the southwestern cities of Lourdes and Tarbes, Jacques Perrier, right, puts his hand on a sick young girl's forehead, in front of the Lourdes shrine, southwestern France, during a ceremony Monday, Feb. 11, 2008. Catholic pilgrims mark Monday the 150th anniversary of the apparition of the Madonna at Lourdes, with 50, 000 pilgrims expected, including 26 bishops and 800 priests. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

[NYer]

Catholic priest and pilgrims attend a mass in Lourdes commemorating the 150th anniversary of when the Virgin Mary is believed to have appeared to a young shepherdess. A rib belonging to the 19th-century French shepherd girl was brought to the Vatican on Monday to mark the celebration, (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)

[marshmallow]

There were 50,000 there for the 150th anniversary Mass? That's a minuscule number and a sad reflection on the state of affairs in France.

In Fatima, there's upwards of 200,000 every May and October 13th and if the Pope ever shows up they pack in over a quarter of a million.

[Patriotic1]

I’ve read that there have only been approx 67 miracles acknowledged by the Church. I think there’s a committee that investigates every claim.

[Salvation]

Our Lady of Lourdes

OUR LADY OF LOURDES:[Saint Bernardette Soubirous]

Paralyzed Woman Cured at Lourdes Shrine

Lourdes Has Its 66th Officially Recognized Miracle

Our Lady of Lourdes – February 11

Woman whose healing is 67th Lourdes miracle tells her story

Catholic Church vets 67th Lourdes 'miracle'

Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes

fear and loathing at Lourdes (French bishops shudder 'avec peur')

Pope: From Lourdes to Seoul, I entrust the world’s sick and suffering to Mary [Catholic Caucus] (Locked)

150th Anniversary of Our Lady of Lourdes (Catholic Caucus)

Catholic Church officials call for more clergy to work at Marian shrine in Lourdes

A Different Take On Health Care: A Trip to Lourdes (Catholic Caucus)

Trips to Lourdes to Cut Time Spent in Purgatory

Lourdes

Anglicans keep Lourdes anniversary (8 bishops plan unprecedented pilgrimage)

The challenge of finding peace in Lourdes

Pope OKs plenary indulgence for Lourdes' 150th anniversary [Catholic/Orthodox Caucus}

On Lent... and Lourdes (Benedict XVI's Angelus address)

Vatican marks 150th anniversary of Lourdes girl's visions of Mary

[Salvation]

[Coleus]

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