Lourdes: “Healing” Pools Closed for Fear of Coronavirus

The Shrine of Lourdes, France, announced that pilgrims are still welcome, but the pools where the sick bathe in hope for healing are closed because of the coronavirus.

“Our first concern will always be the safety and health of the pilgrims and the shrine’s working community,” the shrine's webpage wrote (February 28).

The measure insinuates that seeking healing in Lourdes is a health risk.

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Jul 15, 2020

Ultraviolet

Mar 3, 2020

"Pilgrims are still welcome" because their wallets won't visit Lourdes on their own.

GChevalier

3Mar 3, 2020

We're in the hands of cruel wolves! Indeed, in the swimming pools of Lourdes, any disease passes through and no one has ever been contaminated, and I speak as a connoisseur, having bathed there time and time again. That these wolves expect to be contaminated themselves as punishment for their cruelty towards the sick: it is to vomit!

occasnltrvlr

6Mar 3, 2020

Isn't that rich? "Our first concern is...health...", so, we're going to stop people from seeking it. Where is sanity?

KristianKeller

Mar 3, 2020

See following and other documentaries at vaticancatholic.com , open your eyes before it is too late: Death and the Journey Into Hell (3rd Edition)

De Profundis

3Mar 3, 2020

Money is a major source of contagination. Will "giving money in the basket" be banned?

Catholicism101

2Mar 3, 2020

And.....will they also ban the 'sign of peace'?....holding hands for the Our Father?

occasnltrvlr

Mar 3, 2020

Well, yes. In the Diocese of Harrisburg, PA, the Sign of Peace has been abridged: the offering of a sign of peace by the congregants to one another is being skipped (temporarily).

Alex A

Mar 3, 2020

Catholicism101>>......And...will they also ban......One can only hope such bans are permanent.