Grotto of the Apparitions

<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PERLL000204" title="Benedict XVI" href="/topic/religion-belief/benedict-xvi-PERLL000204.topic">Pope Benedict XVI</a> prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions, also called Grotto of Massbielle, in the Sanctuary of Lourdes, in France. The Pope commemorated 150th anniversary of the Vatican-recognized apparitions of the Virgin Mary being revealed to a peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous.

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( Getty photo by Eric Cabanis / September 13, 2008 )

Pope Benedict XVI prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions, also called Grotto of Massbielle, in the Sanctuary of Lourdes, in France. The Pope commemorated 150th anniversary of the Vatican-recognized apparitions of the Virgin Mary being revealed to a peasant girl named Bernadette Soubirous.

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