The sacred house found in Loreto, Italy is the actual home where the Virgen Mary was born and raised. It is also the place of the Annunciation, when the Angel Gabriel told the Blessed Mother that she ...

An altar server holds a copy of the Roman Missal during Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., in this 2011 file photo. (Credit: Nancy Phelan Wiechec/CNS.) Listen BALTIMORE — The U.S.

What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Therese of Lisieux have in common? They all traveled hundreds of miles to step inside the Virgin Mary's house, which is preserved inside a ...

What do Galileo, Mozart, Descartes, Cervantes, and St. Therese of Lisieux have in common? They all traveled hundreds of miles to step inside the Virgin Mary’s house, which is preserved inside a ...

Pope Francis prays inside the Sanctuary of the Holy House on the feast of the Annunciation in Loreto, Italy, March 25, 2019. A new tourism initiative by the Italian bishops’ conference seeks to ...

Our Lady of Loreto statue in Our Lady of Loreto Chapel in Goliad. One of the oldest churches in America belongs to the Catholic Diocese of Victoria. Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, which is part of ...