Loreto is a charming hill town of some 10,000 inhabitants in the central Italian region known as the Marches. It is famed throughout the world for the Holy House of the Virgin Mary of Nazareth.

They all traveled hundreds of miles to step inside the Virgin Mary’s house, which is preserved inside a basilica in the small Italian town of Loreto. Catholic pilgrims have flocked to the Holy ...

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 ...

They all traveled hundreds of miles to step inside the Virgin Mary's house, which is preserved inside a basilica in the small Italian town of Loreto. Catholic pilgrims have flocked to the Holy ...

LORETO, Italy — At first glance, pilots and plane passengers have little in common with the Holy House of Mary in Loreto, Italy. But just as pilots and passengers take flight in airplanes ...

The devotion began in the 14th century when it was believed that angels transported the house of the Virgin Mary from Nazareth to Loreto to protect it from Muslim invaders. People turn to Our Lady ...

In a file photo, Pope Francis prays before a statue of Our Lady of Loreto at the Sanctuary of the Holy House on the feast of the Annunciation in Loreto, Italy, March 25, 2019. (Credit: CNS photo ...