Pope Leo XIV led tens of thousands of Angolan Catholics in praying the rosary April 19 at southern Africa’s most visited Catholic shrine.
Marian shrines
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The apparitions on Tepeyac Hill can be seen as “a permanent criterion for discerning the evangelizing mission of the Church,” the pope said.
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Exactly 27 years later — Oct. 29, 2005 — Pope Benedict XVI made a private visit to Mentorella in memory of St. John Paul’s visit.
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Cultivating gratitude toward God “helps us not to waste his gifts” and “inclines us to reciprocate the love with which he surrounds us.”
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The Pilgrim Passport is “a tangible way for the faithful to mark their journey and embrace the grace of this Holy Year,” said rector of shrine near Milwaukee.
