An elderly woman has been killed in fierce flooding that has closed one of Catholicism's holiest shrines - the Grotto of Lourdes in southwest France. The 70-year-old woman, who was not named, was ...

River flooding forced the temporary closure of the famous grotto at the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France. The shrine complex remained open to visitors. A morning Mass, however, was ...

Several decrees banned pilgrimages, as authorities insisted “the interests of religion require an end should be put to the deplorable scenes which are taking place in the grotto of Massabieille, in ...