Vatican City, May 29, 2023 / 10:30 am. To honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Vatican offers a special Marian pilgrimage within St. Peter’s Basilica each Saturday afternoon during the month of May.

On July 29 and Sept. 12, scores of pilgrims come to the Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Perugia, Italy, to see and venerate a sacred object — a relic said to be the Blessed Virgin Mary’s wedding ring.

It’s not that I didn’t believe him but it just didn’t seem likely considering that Zacharias has a very long and beautiful soliloquy upon seeing the pregnant Virgin Mary (Luke 1:68-79).

The most recognizable feature at the National Shrine Grotto is a 26-foot tall gilded sculpture of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Latest U.S.

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Both St. Peter’s Church, 3655 Oberlin Ave. in Lorain, and Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 418 W. 15th St. in Lorain, have been around for over a century. Still, Nativity of the Bl… ...