The Grotto of Massabielle is one of the 22 sites making up the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. The sanctuary is home to numerous places of worship, including three basilicas: the Basilica of the ...

Pope Francis made three visits to French cities including Strasbourg, Marseille, and Ajaccio in Corsica but never visited Paris or Lourdes. Pope Leo will now become the third reigning pope, after St.

In an interview with Vatican Media ahead of Pope Leo’s Apostolic Journey to France, the Apostolic Nuncio to France, Archbishop Celestino Migliore, ...

The Vatican’s recent excommunication of followers of a Catholic splinter sect, the Society of Saint Pius X, has revived a longstanding feud within the Roman Catholic Church in the run-up to Pope Leo ...

The pope will arrive for a four-day trip through Paris, Lourdes and Metz studded with high-profile political speeches and massive outdoor liturgies, all set against the backdrop of a Catholic Church ...

On the eve of Pope Leo XIV's arrival in Paris, Vatican News Correspondent Deborah Castellano Lubov reports from outside the Cathedral of Notre Dame to ...

Pope Leo XIV is expected to draw large crowds during his visit to France. As part of his trip to Europe, he's also set to address the continent's future and some of the challenges ahead.

The Holy Tunic, believed to be the garment worn by Jesus during his Passion, will be displayed at the close of a youth vigil during the Pope's visit to France.

When an ailing Pope John Paul II visited the French shrine at Lourdes in 2004, on his last foreign trip, he delivered a ...

The current U.S. mass deportation campaign has increasingly affected immigrant families and their children—many of whom are U ...

Pope Leo will start his second day in Paris with a visit to a migration center in that welcomes all, no matter their legal ...

The Holy Tunic of Argenteuil is displayed on April 18, 2025, Good Friday, in the Basilica of St. Denis in Argenteuil, France.