Starting early Christmas morning, nearly 200 volunteers with the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ...

The National Shrine is the largest Roman Catholic church in North America and is dedicated to the patroness of the United States — the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Immaculate Conception.

The Archbishop of Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl greets a young worshiper during Christmas Mass held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on Christmas Day ...

Basilica churches, on the other hand, often do publicize their physical sizes. The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. is a basilica church. However, it is not the largest ...

A member of the maintenance crew at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington ... will lead us more deeply into the Church, his body and his bride,” St.

by Ida Domingo and Tom Roussey TOPICS: WASHINGTON (7News) — A spokesperson for the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate ... had gathered in the church’s lower level to pack ...

In proclaiming the Immaculate Conception of Mary as a dogma of the Church, the pope expressed ... personal sin her whole life long. The National Shrine in the US Mary is honored at the Basilica ...