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‘i Think I Offer Another Point Of View’
Page 7 from 26th March 2010I n her latest film, Lourdes , Austrian film director Jessica Hausner paints the world as a place in which human beings grasp at scraps of meaning......

The Faith Of Old Ladies Silences The Scoffers
Page 12 from 19th February 2010Charlie Hegarty Notebook I n fulfilment of a private vow, I went on pilgrimage to Lourdes last December 8, the occasion of the great Marian feast.......

Pigrims Seen As Jloyless Waxworks
Page 14 from 26th March 2010FILM REVIEW Andrew M Brown Lourdes U CERT, 99 MINS I n Lourdes , a French multiple sclerosis sufferer in a wheelchair named Christine (Sylvie......

Church’s Care For Sick An Invaluable Gift, Says Pope
Page 6 from 19th February 2010BY CAROL GLATZ THE PASTORAL care of the sick and infirm is a priceless gift the Church offers to those who suffer, to their families and to the......

Dictionary Lists 150 New ‘apparitions’ Of The Virgin Mary
Page 5 from 17th December 2010BY SARAH DELANEY IN ROME A NEWLY expanded compendium of visions of the Virgin Mary shows how the very idea of such apparitions has been met with......

Lourdes Is Evacuated After Serious Bomb Threat
Page 1 from 20th August 2010BY ANNA ARCO TENS OF THOUSANDS of pilgrims were evacuated from the Lourdes complex after a bomb scare on one of the shrine’s busiest days. A bomb......

Medjugorje Could Harm The Church, Claims Mariologist
Page 5 from 12th February 2010BY DAVID V BARRETT A SENIOR German Mariologist has launched a strong attack on the shrine at Medjugorje, saying that unless the apparitions are......