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Jack Traynor (next to child on first row) as a pilgrim to Lourdes in 1925, two years after his healing.

The healing of a Royal Navy sailor at Lourdes

Dec 14, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Here is the story of John Traynor, whose miraculous healing at Lourdes was announced Dec. 8 by the archbishop of... Read more

John Traynor is believed to be the first British Catholic to be cured at Lourdes.

Healing at Lourdes of British World War I soldier declared ‘miraculous’

Dec 10, 2024

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Archbishop Malcolm McMahon of Liverpool, England, declared the miraculous healing of John Traynor, a soldier of the British Royal Navy,... Read more

A mosaic designed by Father Marko Rupnik's studio, at Lourdes

The Sanctuary of Lourdes may remove Rupnik’s mosaics out of respect for victims

Mar 31, 2023

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

Mosaic art created by Father Marko Rupnik could be removed from the Basilica of the Sanctuary of Lourdes, France. Read more

Vittorio Micheli, who was miraculously cured at Lourdes in 1963.

60 years after his miraculous healing, he still returns to Lourdes

Feb 11, 2023

By Jonah McKeown, Solène Tadié

In April 1962, a 23-year-old Italian soldier named Vittorio Micheli was diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his left hip. Read more

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Brazilian Bishop dedicates new shrine with large cross and Our Lady of Lourdes statue

Jul 21, 2022

Bishop Onécimo Alberton of Rio do Sul on July 15 blessed the new Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes and... Read more