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Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia to host two free open days this month

The basilica is inviting visitors in to celebrate Festa Santa Eulàlia

The Independent UK

Ukrainian refugee artist shows 'the beauty of the world' at Lisbon's Estrela Basilica

'The Beauty is a Choice' is the title of an exhibition by a Ukrainian refugee artist that is transforming a wing of Lisbon's Estrela Basilica, which has been closed for around 40 years.

Euronews

In silence and prayer, thousands say farewell to Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica

More than 60,000 people have visited St Peter’s Basilica to bid farewell to Pope Francis. The queue started again at 6 am on Thursday, and thousands continue to arrive. Euronews journalist Maria Michela D'Alessandro joined them.

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Catholics gather to say goodbye as Pope Francis lies in state

Pope Francis's body was transported to Saint Peter's Basilica on Wednesday where he will lie in state before his funeral on Saturday. The late Pope's open wooden coffin was carried by pallbearers for 500 metres from the Casa Santa Marta, where he lived and died.

Radio France Internationale

2,000-year-old remains of London's oldest Roman basilica discovered under office building

Remains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.

LiveScience

Millions mark Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe Day but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded

Millions of faithful have gathered to mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day, honoring the country's patroness

The Independent UK

Microsoft teams up with the Vatican to bring an AI experience of St Peter’s Basilica to the masses

Microsoft has teamed up with the Vatican to allow people from around the globe to see St Peter's Basilica.

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Thousands gather to honor Mexico's Virgen of Guadalupe on anniversary of 1531 apparition

Thousands of people sang the traditional Mexican birthday song “Las mañanitas” at Mexico City’s Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe to honor the virgin on the 492th anniversary of her apparition in 1531

The Independent UK

Lewiston shooting victim ate the same meal at the same cafe each week. Now friends are paying a unique tribute

Thousands turned out on Sunday night at a Maine basilica for a vigil remembering those senselessly killed days earlier by the state’s first mass shooter – as friends and family remembered loved ones with smaller, beautiful gestures, as well. Andrea Blanco and Sheila Flynn report from Lewiston

The Independent UK

Lewiston shooting victim ate the same meal at the same cafe each week. Now friends are paying a unique tribute

The Independent UK

‘A love that cannot be gunned down’: Lewiston holds vigil for shooting victims

The Independent UK

Remaking of the golden car of the 16th Century basilica in Thoothukudi

Thousands of devotees of multiple faiths will witness the 16th golden car festival of the 16th Century Basilica of Our Lady of Snows in Thoothukudi this Saturday. Carpenters and artisans have toiled for seven months to get the car ready. The first golden car festival was conducted in 1806. The…

The Hindu

Inside Volumnia gallery: design in a Renaissance church

Piacenza’s Volumnia Gallery is the brainchild of art dealer Enrica De Micheli, who created an art and design hub and restaurant in a Renaissance basilica

Wallpaper

Glass barriers keep Venice’s iconic St Mark’s Basilica dry during floods

While the Basilica was built on what was one of the city’s highest points at the time, it now sits much lower due to subsidence and rising sea levels

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Mexico's Guadalupe pilgrimage draws millions of devotees

Millions of Catholic pilgrims gathered at a basilica in Mexico City to mark the annual Virgin of Guadalupe feast day, with crowds camping overnight on Sunday after walking for days to reach the shrine in a centuries-old act of religious devotion.

The Independent UK

Devotion to Virgin Mary draws millions to Mexico City shrine

The Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City is the one of the world’s most visited and beloved religious venues

The Times of India

Goa: Basilica closed for 1 month from September 5

PANAJI: The Basilica of Bom Jesus at Old Goa will be closed for tourists, visitors, pilgrims, and devotees for a month from September 5 onwards, on account of urgent and major restoration work.

The Hindu

Conservation work of historic painting at Vallarapadam Basilica complete

Our Lady of Ransom, directly executed on wood, dates back to over 500 years

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