Military Chaplains Say Lourdes Is A 'Field Hospital' For Spiritual Healing

Military Chaplains Say Lourdes Is A 'Field Hospital' For Spiritual Healing
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2008, file photo, pilgrims queue to visit the grotto at Lourdes, southwestern France. An international doctors panel appointed by the Roman Catholic Church says it's getting out of the business of judging whether pilgrims to the French shrine could have benefited from "miracle" healing, a direct challenge to the church's way of deciding what makes the cut as a divine cure. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2008, file photo, pilgrims queue to visit the grotto at Lourdes, southwestern France. An international doctors panel appointed by the Roman Catholic Church says it's getting out of the business of judging whether pilgrims to the French shrine could have benefited from "miracle" healing, a direct challenge to the church's way of deciding what makes the cut as a divine cure. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

LOURDES, France (CNS) -- Military chaplains are used to hitting the road and heading where the hurt is as they tour bases, camps and veterans clinics.

But on a recent pilgrimage to Lourdes with wounded soldiers, a group of Catholic chaplains also found a sacred space for healing.

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