St. Mary Major is the oldest still-standing sanctuary dedicated to that, said Giuseppe Falanga, professor of liturgy at Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce in Rome. It was built on one of Rome ...

The first church in the Philippines to establish a bond of affinity with the Basilica of St. Mary Major is the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary of Manaoag in Pangasinan.

Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of ...