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Catholic shrine: glass coffin of Saint Catherine Labouré. In the Roman Catholic Church, a local diocesan bishop or archbishop can designate a local (arch)diocesan shrine. For a shrine to be a national shrine, the approval of the country's Episcopal Conference is required.
The sanctuary at St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. In many Western Christian traditions including Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, and Anglican churches, the area around the altar is called the sanctuary; it is also considered holy because of the belief in the physical presence of God in the Eucharist, both during the Mass and in the church tabernacle at other times.
Shrine of Our Lady of Caversham, near Reading in Berkshire; Shrine of Our Lady, Bradstowe; Shrine of Our Lady in Penrhys, Wales; Our Lady of the Assumption Shrine at the Friary, Aylesford, Kent; Shrine of the Miraculous Relic Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe, [27] The Holy Child & St. Joseph Catholic Church, Bedford, England
This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church. Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.
St. Mary's Cathedral in Ernakulam, India is the Episcopal See of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. The cathedral was elevated to the status of basilica by Pope Paul VI on 20 March 1974. [16] [17] St. George Forane Church in Angamaly, also of the Syro-Malabar rite, was raised to the status of basilica on 24 June 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI. [18]
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in Baltimore, Maryland.. A national shrine is a Catholic church or other sacred place which has met certain requirements and is given this honor by the national episcopal conference to recognize the church's special cultural, historical, and religious significance.
Shrine Church of St. Ann (Bronx) Saint Anthony's Chapel (Pittsburgh) Sanctuary Madonna of the Splendor; Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Holy Rosary; Sanctuary of Greccio; Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo; Sanctuary of Santa Maria della Rotonda; Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus; Shrine of St. Anthony (Maryland) Shrine of St. Anthony (Boston)
The Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida in Aparecida, Brazil, is now the second-largest Catholic place of worship in the world, second only to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. In 1984 it was officially declared as "the largest Marian Church in the world." [11] Some Marian churches are major pilgrimage sites.