Bernadette Peters is honored to be a gay icon. “I’m so proud that — that I am part of that, and that I was picked out, singled out to do that,” Peters, 76, exclusively told Us Weekly last ...

“Without the statue of St. Bernadette, the shrine wouldn’t have the central figure of who made it happen,” said the 2021 University of Manitoba fine arts graduate.

AJAX — Having come from a family that helped build St. Bernadette’s Catholic School, Wendy (Azzopardi) Holliday was always stuck playing the saint. And when it came to a wall-size mural still painted ...

Bernadette was canonized a saint on Dec. 8, 1933, in a public affirmation of her holy life, mostly hidden and unknown. Healings, cures and miracles were attributed to Lourdes.

As people pass, some want to lay a hand on the stand, some stare reverentially, while others simply pause. Think of the relics of St Bernadette almost as religious rock stars.

Bernadette Peters is honored to be a gay icon. “I'm so proud that — that I am part of that, and that I was picked out, singled out to do that,” Peters, 76, exclusively told Us Weekly last month.