The Champion of Marian shrines
There's only one Church-approved apparition of the Virgin Mary in the United States, and today is its solemnity
Apparitions of the Virgin Mary have inspired saints and marked places of special devotion and pilgrimage for centuries.
Shrines at Lourdes, Fatima, Częstochowa, and Tepayac are spiritual centers of Catholic life and faith, not just for their own countries, but worldwide.
Other places of purported but disputed Marian appearances, like Međugorje, have beco…