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26/09/2026 – 10:02 GMT+2

Pope Leo XIV is set to travel to the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes on Saturday as part of his official visit to France this week.

Nestled in the Pyrenees near the Spanish border, the small town of Lourdes draws millions of pilgrims every year. Here is everything you need to know about the pope’s visit, the town, and the shrine.

Leo XIV will be the first pontiff to set foot in Lourdes since Benedict XVI, who visited in September 2008 to mark the 150th anniversary of the Virgin’s apparitions to Bernadette Soubirous.

Now one of the world’s foremost Catholic pilgrimage sites, Lourdes owes its fame to Soubirous.

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