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2024 March for Life prayer vigil: ‘We must bring light to the darkest corners’

January 18, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, with a capacity of 6,000 in its upper church, was standing room only for the National Prayer Vigil for Life on Thursday night. / Credit: Joe Bukuras/CNA

Washington D.C., Jan 18, … […]

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Archbishop Broglio sealed the Holy Door at the National Shrine. What is a Holy Door?

December 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

A member of the maintenance crew at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., places a seal on the Holy Door at the basilica after Archbishop Timothy Broglio blessed the seal and doors on Dec. 3, 2023…. […]

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Holy Door sealed at nation’s largest Catholic church

December 4, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Archbishop Timothy Broglio blesses the doors to be used as a Holy Door for the 2025 Jubilee Year at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2023. / Credit: The Basilica of the National Shr… […]

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Catholics converge on DC for a week of prayer and fasting

September 30, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

The International Week of Prayer and Fasting kicks off on Saturday, Oct. 1 at the National Basilica in Washington, DC. / The International Week of Prayer and Fasting (IWOPF)

Denver, Colo., Sep 30, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
On Saturday, Oct. 1, Cat… […]

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Video shows attack on Blessed Mother statue outside National Basilica

December 9, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Surveillance footage shows a man hammering at the Our Lady of Fatima statue located outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2021. / Screenshot taken from Metropolitan Police Depart… […]

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5 facts to know about the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

December 8, 2021 Catholic News Agency 6

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at night in Washington, DC. / Shutterstock

Washington D.C., Dec 8, 2021 / 10:37 am (CNA).
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Roman Catholi… […]

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Cardinal Gregory reportedly withdraws permission for Tridentine Mass at National Shrine

July 27, 2021 Catholic News Agency 3

Washington D.C., Jul 27, 2021 / 16:10 pm (CNA).
Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington has reportedly withdrawn permission for a solemn pontifical Mass that was to be offered August 14 in D.C.A pontifical Mass is celebrated by a bishop in the Ex… […]

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The most recent column of Archbishop Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, is titled,“Justice, Prudence and Immigration Reform” (Feb. 19, 2013). Here is some of that column (with emphasis added):  The Catholic commitment to the […]

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