MANILA – The Our Lady of Loreto in Sampaloc on Tuesday was crowned pontifically, with hundreds of devotees in attendance to honor the 411-year-old venerated image. Pope Francis earlier this year ...

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) designated three churches as national shrines. Namely, these are the Archdiocesan Shrine of ...

Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto and the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu have been elevated to the status of national shrine.

The Loreto Shrine was originally built by the Franciscans in 1613 but was destroyed during the Battle of Manila and later restored in 1958. The church in Sampaloc houses the centuries-old image of the ...

These are the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto in Sampaloc, Manila and the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Aranzazu in San Mateo, Rizal. Our Lady of Loreto, better known as the Sampaloc ...