Although its foundation stone was laid in 1920, this great shrine seems to have been conceived of as early as 1846, the year the Bishops of America declared the ...

It serves as the patronal church of the Catholic Church in the United States. Pope John Paul II raised the National Shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via ... History · Completion (21st century) · Staff of the Basilica

The title of (minor) basilica, which the shrine received in 1990 from Pope Saint John Paul II, indicates the historical “importance, dignity, and significance” ...

The History of the National Shrine. Although its foundation stone was laid in 1920, this great shrine seems to have been conceived of as early as 1846, the year ...

Designated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as a National Sanctuary of Prayer and Pilgrimage, the Basilica is the nation's preeminent Marian ...

The Basilica was built as a shrine to the blessed Virgin Mary, a "monument of love and gratitude, a great hymn in stone as perfect as the art of man can make ...

8 дек. 2021 г. · In 1913 Saint Pope Pius X approved the plans for building the shrine in honor of the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. He also made a ...

23 сент. 2019 г. · From the laying of its foundation stone in 1920 to the completion of the Trinity Dome in 2017, the Basilica stands as a testament to the faith ...

Construction began on the shrine in 1920, and continued through 1959. Built to resemble great European churches, but in a distinctive neo-Byzantine style, the ...

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception took thirty-nine years to build from the time construction was started in 1920 until it was ...