Lourdes is the unlikely antidote to our Love Island culture | Catherine Pepinster
(The Guardian France)

A place where the sick take centre stage provides a rare respite from a world that worships perfect bodiesHere´s a subject for a PhD thesis: religion interpreted through the genre of the musical. There´s already a fair bit to study: The Sound of Music, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. If you want some fun, add in Sister Act.Now there´s a new musical that would require a chapter of its own in that doctoral thesis about religious visions. And if Bernadette de Lourdes takes off, it won´t just be filling theatre seats but could draw more visitors, restoring the economic fortunes of the French pilgrimage centre. Continue reading...