January 9, 2013. (Romereports.com) Already considered as one the most visited site of Catholicism outside the Vatican, 2012 brought
record-breaking crowds to the Basilica of the National Shrine of
Our Lady of Aparecida near Sao Paulo, Brazil. According
to the Brazilian Conference of Bishops, a whopping
11,114,639 people
visited the Marian shrine in 2012, besting the previous year's
numbers by nearly 215,000.
The Basilica of Our Lady of Aparecida, the
patroness of Brazil, consistently ranks as a top destination for world pilgrims.
Outside Rome, only the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City surpasses those numbers with an estimated 20 million visitors. Meanwhile the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes sees approximately 6 million visitors per year.
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