Pope’s Lourdes Visit to Highlight Church’s Response to Abuse

Mosaics by Marko Rupnik on the façade of the Basilica of the Rosary at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes have been covered with banners ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France in September 2026.

At the shrine famous for its healing waters, Pope Leo XIV will meet with sex-abuse victims and address an assembly of French bishops, who continue to deal with fallout from the country’s abuse crisis.

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