Lourdes is a place where millions of people come looking for healing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every year, pilgrims from more than 140 countries come to this sanctuary in the French Pyrenees. The site spans over 50 hectares and centers around the Grotto of Massabielle where Bernadette Soubrious first reported visions in 1858.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the first apparitions, more than 7,000 cases of healing have been reported here. So far, 72 have been recognized by the Church as miracles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lourdes also holds a unique place in a secularized France. As the rest of country became anticlerical, this small village turned into an oasis for French Catholics and the sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It's here that Pope Leo XIV offers another kind of healing: one that begins in the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV In Lourdes, a city that has long stood as a symbol of resistance to secularism, Pope Leo also connected the message of the Virgin Mary to Bernadette with a call to conversion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the Pope's message went beyond individual repentance. He also spoke directly to the crowd of 150,000 about suffering, illness and the dignity of human life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV Since the apparitions began in 1858, millions have come here seeking healing. But the shrine\u2019s own message has never been limited to physical cures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> In a city that millions travel to looking for a miracle, Pope Leo XIV offered a simple reminder: the answer to suffering is not always a cure. Sometimes, it is hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kate Stevenson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lourdes is a place where millions of people come looking for healing. Every year, pilgrims from more than 140 countries come to this sanctuary in the French Pyrenees. The site spans over 50 hectares and centers around the Grotto of Massabielle where Bernadette Soubrious first reported visions in 1858. Since the first apparitions, more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":94708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6iSaCsIrOQ0","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b09messalourdeseng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/b09messalourdesint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94676"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94713,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94676\/revisions\/94713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>It is today, not tomorrow, that we must repent. Indeed, now is the acceptable time, now is the day of salvation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong>
We hear the same urgent call to conversion in the words which Mary spoke right here, \u201cPenance! Penance! Penance!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>The grotto of Massabielle stands as a place of Christian hope. Here, no one is turned away due to their frailty. Your crutches, your wheelchairs and your hidden tears are not obstacles; instead, they are the very place where you are fully respected and welcomed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The miracle of Lourdes is that it can awaken the joy of hope in the very midst of suffering and hardship.<\/em> You will not leave Lourdes as you arrived. You will leave as missionaries of hope.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n