Pope Francis is set to elevate Knock Shrine in County Mayo to an internationally-recognized shrine later this month. Knock Shrine has held the status of national Marian Shrine for decades, but Pope ...

Pope Francis will officially designate Knock Shrine in Ireland as an International Marian and Eucharistic Shrine on the feast of St. Joseph next week. The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference announced ...

About 1.5 million people visit the shrine every year and it is a common destination in Ireland for Catholic pilgrims. Knock Shrine is the site of of an apparition of Mary, the Mother of God; St.

People are warmly invited to take part in our Annual St. Stephen’s Day Walk, beginning after the 12 noon Mass (approximately ...

On Sunday during a quick visit to Knock Shrine in county Mayo, Pope Francis entrusted the Irish people to the care of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "Mary our Mother is also the Mother of the Church, and it ...

On a wet Thursday evening, August 21st, 1879, fifteen people watched - for about two hours - a heavenly vision consisting of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John, the Heavenly Lamb and adoring Angels at the ...

Knock Shrine announced today that it will be closed on August 15, the Feast of the Assumption, a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church, due to coronavirus concerns. Fr Richard Gibbons, the ...

BALLINA, Ireland — What already promised to be a day of high energy but also great emotion for President Joe Biden had even more in store than even his closest aides could have expected. During one of ...

Pope Francis visits the Chapel of the Apparitions at the Knock Shrine in Ireland, Aug. 26. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Pope Francis traveled to the Marian shrine of Knock in Ireland’s County Mayo on this ...