Pope Visits Mountaintop Marian Shrine

Pope Leo XIV visits favorite Marian shrine of John Paul II outside Rome

Pope Leo XIV prays at the Marian shrine at Mentorella on Aug. 19, 2025. / Credit: Vatican Media National Catholic Register, Aug 19, 2025 / 18:43 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV made a private visit Tuesday to the Shrine of Our Lady of Mentorella, Mother... [...]

Pope visits mountaintop Marian shrine

Exactly 27 years later -- Oct. 29, 2005 -- Pope Benedict XVI made a private visit to Mentorella in memory of St. John Paul's visit.

Pope visits Shrine of Our Lady of Grace just south of Rome

Pope Leo XIV travels to a Marian shrine of Our Lady of Grace in a village within the Diocese of Palestrina, and holds a private meeting with the ...

Pope visits mountaintop Marian shrine - The Southern Cross

By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain range of central Italy. On his last full day in Castel Gandolfo, Aug. 19, the pope made the hour journey northeast to pray in the shrine church and the Cave of St. Benedict, where a pious tradition holds that St. Benedict lived for two years early in the sixth century. Pope Leo visited with the…

Pope visits mountaintop Marian shrine - The Record Newspaper

Pope Leo XIV lit a candle and prays in the Cave of St. Benedict at the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella near Guadagnolo, Italy, Aug. 19, 2025. Tradition holds that St. Benedict lived in the cave as a hermit for two years during his early monastic life. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prene…

Pope Leo XIV visits to Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella; originally built by Emperor Constantine in fourth century - The Dialog

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain range of central Italy. On his last full day in Castel Gandolfo, Aug. 19, the pope made the hour journey northeast to pray in the shrine church and the Cave of St. Benedict, where a pious tradition holds that St. Benedict lived for two years early in the sixth century. Pope Leo visited with the Polish priests o…