Bernadette Soubirous is a saint – but not only because Mary appeared to her at Lourdes

St Bernadette Soubirous is usually depicted in statues around the world as the confounded peasant girl on her knees at the grotto in rural France. Without a doubt, those apparitions at Lourdes forever changed the life of the 14-year-old girl. In his homily at Mass on September 27 at the Prairie of the Sanctuary of…