Mary Kennedy travels to Lourdes to observe the pilgrimage and speak to a variety of participants. This video gives a great idea of what life is like during our time in Lourdes each year.
Dreams, delusions, and money-making. It's a commercial enterprise. It costs. The church and the service industries benefit. There are no miracles. There is only the occasional psychosomatic effect.
For half her life Bernadette Moriau, 78, had suffered from acute sciatic nerve trouble that made it hard to walk, but she recovered suddenly after a trip in 2008 to the fabled cave and springwater shrine at Lourdes in southwest France.13 Feb 2018 🙏
