Marian Shrines

Where’s that? In Styria province, southern Austria. Our Lady’s connection: A miraculous wooden statue. The Marian sanctuary of Mariazell is the national shrine of traditionally Catholic Austria...

Where’s that: Turin, the metropole of the Piedmont region in north-western Italy. Our Lady’s connection: Cure of a blind man. On October 20 last year, Pope Francis...

Where’s that?: In Bethlehem, Palestine, near the Basilica of the Nativity. Our Lady’s connection: The cave where the Holy Family hid before the flight into Egypt. The...

Where’s that: The shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho is located south-west Rwanda. Our Lady’s connection: Apparitions to three young women in 1981. Kibeho in Rwanda is...

Where’s that: Zaragoza (or Saragossa) is located in northeastern Spain’s Aragon region. Our Lady’s connection: The very first Marian apparition — to an Apostle! Following Christ’s command...

Where’s that: The sanctuary of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of Las Lajas is located in a canyon of the Guáitara river in Ipiales in southwestern...

Where’s that: Loreto is located on Italy’s east coast. Our Lady’s connection: Contains Our Lady’s reputed home from Nazareth. Of Italy’s many great sites of pilgrimage, the coastal...