Feb. 17 is the Optional Memorial of the Seven Founders of the Servite Order. My guess is that, compared to the average saint’s day on the calendar, this one is a bit exotic. For one, it’s ...

Here are five of the most fascinating facts about the apparitions that took place at the grotto: When Bernadette first saw the beautiful lady in the grotto during the first apparition, on Feb. 11 ...

Q: Why does Mary seem to appear more often to children and adolescents than to adults? A: The Marian apparitions having some degree of approval from the Catholic Church seemed to favor children and ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: What should we believe about the alleged apparition at the Mother Cabrini Shrine in Denver? A: Given the negative judgment pronounced by Msgr. Stafford, we ...

On Sunday, Bernadette's mother allowed her to return to the grotto. The Second Apparition - Sunday, February 14, 1858: The three little girls started out, armed with a vial of holy water.

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s apparition time: 5:40 p.m. In a small Roman Catholic chapel in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the village of ...