Pontiff recalls 700th anniversary of origin of Marian shrine in Calabria (CWN)

Pope Leo XIV named Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, the archbishop emeritus of Agrigento, Italy, as his special envoy to the upcoming celebration of the 700th anniversary of the arrival of a Marian image on the shore near Praia a Mare, a small town in Calabria. The image, which arrived on August 14, 1326, is venerated in the Shrine of Our Lady of the Grotto.

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