PARIS Even holy water from the Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes can't get by airport security screening passengers for suspicious liquids. A passenger on the inaugural flight of a new Vatican ...

Holy water from an Ethiopian well, renowned for its "healing properties," barely evaded sparking a cholera outbreak. The well was implicated in the infection of at least seven individuals ...

A notice on its website Sept. 7 similarly read, "Flooding. Sanctuary doors remain open. Information on site," with a photo showing the grotto partially submerged in water.

Beyond Lourdes, destinations will range from the shrine of Fatima in Portugal to Mount Sinai in Egypt, where Moses is said to have received the 10 Commandments from God.

Researchers are warning that bottles of "holy water" from a well in Ethiopia could be laced with dangerous bacteria that could cause cholera. As detailed in a new report published in the journal ...

In early 2025, seven people in Europe were contracted the pathogen from a holy site in Ethiopia. For four of them, the illness — cholera — was acquired without ever leaving European soil.

Clusters of cholera extending into Europe from Ethiopia are unusual, according to the researchers, though holy water consumption has been identified as a possible risk factor for cholera in the ...

Consumption of holy water from Ethiopia has recently led to several cases of cholera in Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) with a multidrug-resistant Vibrio cholerae strain, according to a study ...