Thousands venerate St. Bernadette’s relics in London
Thousands of people have venerated the relics of St. Bernadette of Lourdes in London at the start of their two-month tour of Britain.
Long queues formed outside Westminster Cathedral, the mother church of Catholics in England and Wales, on Sept. 3 as the visionary’s relics arrived from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France.
A spokesman for the St. Bernadette Relic Tour 2022 told The Pillar on Sept. 6 that, although organizers did not have a final attendance figure, “it is estimated that over 50,000 came through the doors” of Westminster Cathedral.
Preaching at a Solemn Mass of Welcome on Saturday morning, Cardinal Vincent Nichols said: “From here, this great tour of the relics of St Bernadette sets off, around England, Scotland and Wales.”
