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Lourdes resurrected: grotto reopens to pilgrims after two year Covid closure

Pilgrims are once more able to get close to the Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes and pray. AP - Bob Edme

The grotto of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes, France, is open and ready for visitors after being closed for two years due to Covid-19.

The apparition of the Virgin Mary, who reportedly appeared to shepherd child Bernadette Soubirous in 1858, is marked every year on 11 February.

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