Pope to visit Paris and Lourdes

French bishops said today that Pope Benedict will visit Paris and the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes in September.

Pope to visit Paris and Lourdes
Mon, 28 Apr, 2008 - 12:50

French bishops said today that Pope Benedict will visit Paris and the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes in September.

The pontiff’s trip to France between September 12 and 15 is timed 150 years after an illiterate peasant girl, St Bernadette, said she had visions of the Virgin Mary in the south-western town of Lourdes.

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