An all-outdoor sanctuary, without buildings, perhaps more unique than rare in the world, is the one dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes near Turzovka, in…
The Second Vatican Council declared the Blessed Virgin Mary “Mother of the Church”. Pope Francis established in 2018 that the Memory of the “Blessed Virgin…
This feast commemorates Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth, narrated by the evangelist Luke (1, 39-56). Of Franciscan origin, it was established during the General…
The “Mary’s Cave” locally called Gua Maria, is located in the lower part of the church of San Francesco d’Assisi in Cibadak, exactly behind the…
Some time before 1542, when the village of Atlixtac in central-western Mexico became the pueblo of Santa Anita, a sick Franciscan friar went there. He…
It is also known as Our Lady of the Blessed Candle (Madonna della Candela Santa). It is said that in 1105, Arras was hit by…
Altötting is one of Bavaria’s most famous shrines; every year, almost a million pilgrims come, very numerous between spring and autumn, many of whom are…
HISTORY On May 26, 1432, Giovannetta, or Giannetta, 32 years old, known by all for her virtuous life, her christian piety, her sincerely honest life.…
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Prado is located on the site of an ancient Romanesque chapel founded in the place where, according to…
