On Feb. 11, the Catholic Church celebrates the liturgical memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes, recalling a series of 18 appearances that the Blessed Virgin Mary made to a 14-year-old French peasant girl, Saint Bernadette Soubirous. The Marian apparitions began Feb. 11, 1858, ended July 16 that year and received …

by Francesca Pollio Fenton Denver, Colo., Jan 17, 2023 / 18:05 pm Sister Andre Randon, a French nun and the oldest person in the world, has passed away at the age of 118. Randon became the world’s oldest person on April 19, 2022, when Kane Tanaka of Japan died at …

by Edie Heipel Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 12, 2022 / 09:00 am Deep in the hills of the Indre region of southern France, a community of religious sisters with Down syndrome faithfully live out their vocation of contemplative prayer. It’s the only religious community in the world that welcomes sisters …

by AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Oct 24, 2022 / 07:04 am Pope Francis received French President Emmanuel Macron for nearly one hour at the Vatican on Monday. The Holy See Press Office said the conversation centered on the war in Ukraine. “During the cordial discussions, which took place in the Secretariat …

by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Oct 1, 2022 / 01:00 am Scenes from St. Thérèse of Lisieux’s beloved spiritual autobiography “Story of a Soul” come alive when walking through the rooms of her childhood home in northern France. The red brick home in Lisieux in the region of Normandy nurtured a …

by CNA Staff CNA Staff, Sep 15, 2022 / 14:55 pm Discussing on the flight from Kazakhstan to Italy on Thursday the moral degradation of the West, particularly concerning the advance of legal euthanasia, Pope Francis said the region has taken the wrong path and that killing should be left …

by Kelsey Wicks Denver Newsroom, Aug 13, 2022 / 11:09 am Visited by St. Michael the Archangel and commissioned by God at the age of 13 to lead the army of France and bring an end to the bloodiest war in European history up to that point, Joan of Arc …

By CNA Staff Denver Newsroom, Jul 12, 2022 / 16:19 pm Half of the Chapels of Light at Our Lady of Lourdes shrine in France were destroyed by a fire during the night of July 10–11. The fire was quickly brought under control. “Another hard blow for the Shrine at Lourdes, …

Today is the feast of St. Joan of Arc, the patroness of France. Joan was born to a peasant family in Champagne, France in the early 15th century. From a young age she heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret speaking to her. Then, in 1428, …

by Solène Tadié Lourdes, France, May 19, 2022 / 09:10 am In 2001, Richard Johnson suffered a major knee injury during an operation in Kosovo. The military nurse was given strong painkillers, which led him into an addiction that gradually dragged him into the abyss. He spent the next 14 …