The Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine has been designated as a national shrine for pilgrims by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Starting on Saturday a stretch of Interstate 255 in St. Clair County will close for six months. The 3.5-mile stretch of interstate from Illinois 157 to Illinois 15 will be closed starting on February ...

"Our National Shrine is a haven where pilgrims come to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters throughout the world." ...

As the 66th annual Whitefish Winter Carnival gets underway, a new royal couple has been crowned King Ullr and Queen of the Snows ... The continued support from our readers keeps our lights ...

From the seventh century onward, it was referred to as St. Mary the Great or Major. The Basilica has also been called Our Lady of the Snows in commemoration of the miraculous snowfall. The imposing ...

Syrian intelligence officials, operating under the country’s new de facto government, thwarted an attempt by ISIS to detonate a bomb at the Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zaynab in the Damascus suburb, ...

Tribe becomes 1st in US history to pass unprecedented constitutional amendment: 'It is our responsibility to protect her' Social Security will have these additional benefits in 2025 Wayne Osmond ...

Parishioners carry a Virgin Mary figure in honor of Nuestra Señora Virgen de la Nube, Our Lady of the Cloud, during a procession through the Albany Park neighborhood after Mass on New Year’s ...

The book cover of ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’ by Ruth D. Nelson, with a detail of Michelangelo’s 1499 Pietà at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome (photo: Cornell University Press ...

A big, broad screen treatment has been given to Ernest Hemingway’s The Snows of Kilimanjaro. The script broadens the 1927 short story considerably without losing the Hemingway penchant for the ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Is there a shrine called Our Lady of the Forest? A: Saint James at Sag Bridge parish in Illinois has a Marian shrine that was was built in 1998 for the ...