A relic from the thigh bone of St Bernadette will go on tour to every diocese of Britain in autumn this year. The Shrine of Lourdes offered to bring the relic, and the bishops of England and Wales accepted. And so, in a reversal of the normal order of things, the object of pilgrimage to the Pyrenees for so many people is coming here. Many people who would normally have visited Lourdes were deterred by the pandemic; now they need simply visit their nearest cathedral. This is a really welcome visit in what we hope will be post-pandemic Britain.