France: Lourdes Grotto Under Repair

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | January 5th, 2011 | Trackback

The grotto at the Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes in southwestern France will be closed daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. for repair work through Feb. 8. Pebbles have been falling from cracks in the rock ceiling and walls and pose a danger to worshippers below. Usually the grotto is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to the 6 million annual visitors who come hoping to be cured of illnesses by the spring’s healing powers. Worshippers will still be able to pray outside the grotto while it is closed.

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