Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

On the anniversary of the day it was dedicated — the feast of the Queenship of Mary — Mary, Queen of the Universe Shrine near Orlando became, officially, a basilica. From the Orlando Sentinel: It wasn’t a new gut-gripping ride that attracted the visitors and locals to Orlando’s tourist corridor Saturday. Rather, they flocked to…

A reader sent me the picture below (I’m not sure where it was shot; it was sent to him by a friend) and noted: “Having traveled all over the US and Europe I haven’t even seen it before. So, I thought that you might be able to poll your alert readers to see if anyone…

It’s in Florida, at one of my favorite churches: Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine (a stone’s throw from Disney World.) Details, from Florida Catholic: Good things come in threes, including basilicas within Florida. The Sunshine State will be home to the 63rd basilica in the United States when Orlando’s National Shrine of Mary, Queen…

Fittingly, as the year devoted to St. Paul draws to a close, the U.S. has a new shrine dedicated in the saint’s name: The Vatican has designated the Cathedral of St. Paul to be the first national shrine in honor of the Apostle Paul, following the request of Archbishop John C. Nienstedt of St. Paul…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners