Parishioners gathered Sunday at Our Lady of Lourdes Church for its final mass. The church has been in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood for more than 100 years. It is closing after the parish merged ...

"Go and tell the priests that people should come here in procession, and that a chapel should be built here." This is the message Bernadette received from the "beautiful lady" in the apparition of ...

Bishop Jean-Marc Micas of Tarbes and Lourdes has decided to cover mosaics by Father Marko Rupnik at the entrance of the ...

In 1862 Church authorities confirmed the authenticity of the apparitions and authorized the cult of Our Lady of Lourdes for the diocese. The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes became worldwide in 1907.

The basilica’s side doors were covered on the morning of March 31, and the two central doors will be covered in a few days, ...

CHICAGO — Our Lady of Lourdes parishioners are claiming ... s city council to designate it a landmark. The church held its first mass in 1892. When the city widened Ashland Avenue in 1929 ...

The Rev. Chris Zavackis, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, even won his 50-59 year age category, finishing in 21 minutes flat. There were plenty of athletes participating, led by Slidell ...

The corner-stone bears the new name of the church in both French and English-“Notre Dame de Lourdes” and “Our Lady of Lourdes ... the diocese performed mass closures in 1993, it ...