This Grotto is one of the most visited places in the world. About 6 million pilgrims and visitors come here each year. They all do the same gestures and actions:

These actions, seemingly without meaning, are carried out each day. But these people do something else – they are all praying in front of the Grotto where Our Lady appeared to Bernadette. Why do all these people come? Why these gestures? They hope deep down that these gestures connect them to Our Lady. Maybe that’s why they come. But the true answer remains in each person’s heart.