In 1913 Saint Pope Pius X approved the plans for building the shrine in honor of the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception. He also made a donation to help the project get off the ground.

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.

Mary's Shrine (1959) (OCoLC: 7259665). This is a quarterly: "News for the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception" vol 20, no. 2 (May 1959) - vol. 42, no 2 (June 1981) McKenna. Bernard Aloysius.

The British organist Richard Pilliner played the penultimate recital in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception's summer organ series Sunday evening. Pilliner is a master ...

ROME — Thousands of miles separate the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome — 4,490 miles, to be exact.

People mourned and gave thanks to Pope Francis at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. To stream WUSA9 on your phone, you need the WUSA9 app ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego, who was named in January as the archbishop of Washington, D.C. by Pope Francis, speaks during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in San Diego.

Volunteers at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. prepared 2,000 meals for those in need on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024.