Through of his housing projects, factories, and the Central Banks of the French colonies of Tunisia and Algeria, as well as his controversial Basilica of St. Pius X in Lourdes, he received much attention in the postwar years.
A Catholic, Casey initially struggled with his blindness and was inspired by a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes.
It was designed by the architect Pierre Vago and completed in 1958 in anticipation of the enormous crowds expected in Lourdes for the centenary of the Apparitions.
•
Some visitors may dislike the commercialism of parts of Lourdes, with neon-emblazoned gift shops overflowing with what Malcolm Muggeridge, a supporter of the shrine, called "tawdry relics, the bric-a-brac of piety".
Lady Gaga | My Fair Lady | Lourdes | Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy | First Lady of the United States | Lady Antebellum | Lady Macbeth | Sanctuary | Our Lady Peace | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Lady and the Tramp | Our Lady of Guadalupe | Lady Godiva | Lady Jane Grey | lady-in-waiting | Lady Gregory | Lady Justice | Lady | Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer | Lady Mary Wortley Montagu | The Lady of the Camellias | Our Lady of La Salette | lady's bedstraw | Lady Shri Ram College for Women | Lady Margaret Boat Club | Lady Bird Johnson | Sanctuary Records Group | sanctuary | Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford | Lady-in-waiting |
In eighteen chapters Randi explores the origins of faith healing and psychic surgery, and critically analyzes the claims made by AA Allen, Ernest Angley, WV Grant, Peter Popoff, Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, and Father DiOrio for his claims of miracles at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes.