Mexican leaders: No pilgrims at basilica for Guadalupe feast

Mexican Church and civic officials have cancelled public feast celebrations for Mexico’s patroness at her shrine in Mexico City due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The celebration normally attracts 10 million pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the world’s most-visited Marian shrine. At a joint news conference, Mexico City Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes and Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum urged pilgrims to... Read More

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November 3, 2020

French bishops ‘cleanse’ Nice basilica after attack

French bishops have conducted a “penitential rite of reparation” inside a church in which three people were murdered in late October. The 1st November Mass of reparation was celebrated in Notre Dame Basilica by Nice Bishop André Marceau, who was joined by Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille and Archbishop Dominique-Marie David of Monaco. The church was the scene... Read More

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October 30, 2020

Cardinal Nichols ‘horrified’ by ‘senseless’ Nice basilica killings

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has expressed his horror after three people were murdered before Mass in the basilica in Nice, France. French police have confirmed they are treating the killings, which occurred on 29th October, as a terrorist incident. The attacks came less than two weeks after a Paris teacher was beheaded on 16th October by a Muslim migrant;... Read More

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November 13, 2019

St. Mark’s Basilica damaged after Venice floods

The crypt of St. Mark’s Basilica is left completely flooded after Venice’s water levels hit the highest level in more than 50 years. “The Basilica is suffering structural damage because the water has risen and so it’s causing irreparable damage, especially when it dries out in the lower section of the mosaics and tiling,” Francesco... Read More

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March 24, 2019

Pope to sign letter to young people at popular Marian sanctuary

The place Pope Francis chose to sign his letter to young people is an important and popular sanctuary housing the Holy House of Loreto. According to tradition, the tiny stone house is considered to be the home where the Mary was born and raised and also the house in which the Holy Family was thought... Read More

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March 2, 2016

Knock Shrine unveils stunning new mosaic of apparition

A mosaic depicting the Apparition at Knock in 1879, was unveiled at Our Lady’s Basilica at Knock Shrine last Sunday. During a Mass, the Archbishop of Tuam, Michael Neary, who was joined by Fr Richard Gibbons, Fr Patrick Burke and concelebrating priests, explained how those gathered might put themselves in the minds of the 15... Read More

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