https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 4-year-old French boy fell 25 metres from the balcony of a 9th floor apartment this week, but miraculously survived the plunge. His mother had left him alone in the flat watching television while she went shopping, reports say. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141016/french-toddler-falls-from-9th-floor-and-survives Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:53:00 +0200 french-toddler-falls-from-9th-floor-and-survives Inhabitants in and around the French pilgrimage town of Lourdes felt the earth move early Saturday morning, when the area experienced a light earthquake. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121015/pilgrimage-town-lourdes-experiences-earthquake Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:33:00 +0200 pilgrimage-town-lourdes-experiences-earthquake The case of a nun who started walking after being paralysed for years has become the 68th miracle to be recognised at the fabled French shrine of Lourdes, Catholic officials said Thursday https://www.thelocal.fr/20121012/walking-nun-declared-a-miracle Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:29:00 +0200 walking-nun-declared-a-miracle A French priest moved a step closer to sainthood Saturday when the Vatican acknowledged that the healing of an Ecuadoran boy amounted to a miracle. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120924/dead-priest-delivers-miracle Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:49:00 +0200 dead-priest-delivers-miracle