Faith Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:56:52 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Pope Francis elevates Ireland's national Knock Shrine to international status /faith/item/32867-pope-francis-elevates-ireland-s-national-knock-shrine-to-international-status /faith/item/32867-pope-francis-elevates-ireland-s-national-knock-shrine-to-international-status

DUBLIN -- Pope Francis has elevated the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock to the status of an International Shrine of Eucharistic and Marian Devotion.

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KNOCK, Ireland -- The Marian shrine at Knock announced Aug. 10 that in addition to postponing the popular Knock Novena and pilgrimage because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the shrine and its church would be closed for the Aug. 15 feast of the Assumption of Mary to ensure pilgrims do not arrive anyway.

]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:09:57 -0400 Miraculous cure of woman at Knock in 1989 confirmed /faith/item/30167-miraculous-cure-of-woman-at-knock-in-1989-confirmed /faith/item/30167-miraculous-cure-of-woman-at-knock-in-1989-confirmed

DUBLIN -- The Catholic Church in Ireland has confirmed that a woman who was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis experienced a complete healing of all her symptoms at Knock shrine in September 1989.

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