Synopsis
Hundreds of people claim to have been miraculously cured at Lourdes every year and a medical committee there investigates every single case.
- Programme: Songs of Praise
- Episode: Lourdes
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2019
- Religious Education | Catholic Christianity | Practices | Special places
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