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Marian shrines
Baths at Our Lady of Lourdes in France Fully Reopened as 30,000 Expected for Assumption Pilgrimage
More than 30,000 pilgrims are expected in Lourdes for the Aug. 15 feast day.
There are Now 4 Shrines Dedicated to Mary, Mother of Persecuted Christians
On the eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a leading advocate for the persecuted Church said that awareness of religious persecution in the Western world is growing, thanks to the emergence of four new shrines dedicated to persecuted Christians in the last five years.
Pope Francis: Like Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mothers Can Be Great Evangelizers Today
Our Lady of Guadalupe proclaimed the Gospel in “mother tongue,” Pope Francis said Wednesday in a message that highlighted the important role mothers play in passing on the faith to the next generation.
Pope Francis Encourages Marian Shrines Around the World to Pray for Synod on Synodality
From the Philippines to Portugal, Marian shrines around the world will participate in a special day of prayer this Wednesday for the work of the Synod on Synodality.
Rector Reports More Pilgrimages to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine Than Before Pandemic
Monsignor Salvador Martínez, rector of the Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City, noted that after two years of pandemic restrictions the Marian shrine “has resumed the impetus it had before and sometimes with greater strength.”
"Virgin Mary, intercede for an end to this terrible pandemic”: Pope Francis During Rosary
Pope Francis asked the Virgin Mary to intercede for an end to “this terrible pandemic” as he recited the rosary with Marian shrines worldwide via videolink May 30.
