Lourdes: “Healing” Pools Closed for Fear of Coronavirus

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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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Ultraviolet6 years ago

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

GChevalier6 years ago

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!

occasnltrvlr6 years ago

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

KristianKeller6 years ago

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 Profundis6 years ago

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

Catholicism1016 years ago

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

occasnltrvlr6 years ago

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).