Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed ... to gain fame or riches from contact with the Virgin Mary is ignored or condemned. Medjugorje is one of some two dozen sites in ...

A national shrine was designated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2016, making it the only national shrine in the United States with an approved Marian apparition.

Reports of Virgin Mary sightings escalated after 1800. Church leaders have rarely authenticated such claims, however, with the exception of some famous events at Lourdes, France , and Fátima ...

And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and she exclaimed with a loud cry, "Blessed ... of the Virgin of Nazareth ...