The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., seats about 3,000 people, but pilgrims ...

Monsignor Henry C. Gracz, pastor of the Catholic Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, ran an inclusive ministry and welcomed everyone to share in the love of Jesus Christ. It didn’t matter how much ...

The doors are sealed prior to the jubilee but are ceremoniously reopened by the Pope or a bishop around the start of the jubilee for pilgrims to walk through. A member of the maintenance crew at the ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, DC) has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2015 Ceremony. The year ...

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will host a mass Thursday for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, hours after his official funeral at the Vatican. The public can attend as ...

Almost a year after the original was destroyed by vandalism, a new statue of the Virgin Mary sits in a garden outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast D.C.

Pro-life Catholic leaders reacted with shock and disgust at an activist group's projection of pro-choice messages on the facade of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ...

For several weeks, a dozen carpenters from St. Joseph's Carpentry Shop in Poolesville, Maryland had been working on the special papal altar. It was designed by students from the Catholic University ...

Supporters of legal abortion project a message on the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington as pro-life advocates attend the National Prayer Vigil for Life Jan. 20 ...