Basilica of the National Shrine Review

GORGEOUS. . VERY BEAUTIFUL, THERE WERE RECENTLY YES AND THERE WERE ALSO GONE. .POPE FRANCESCO.

You feel the presence of God in this place. You can have your mental prayer here. God answer every prayer.Always trust God he will meet you at your point of need. It is wonderful place to be.

Wow. What an the amazing place! Huge is not the word to describe it. Beautiful structure, gorgeous ceiling and windows. So much detail. Definitely go, you won't find anything like this in the u.s.! Felt like I was in Europe! :-)

Heaven on earth! I know that Our Lord is so pleased with this shrine deducted to His blessed mother! She is so loving and she offers so many graces through this, her church

Beautiful place, hope they finish renevations soon.

Must see for Catholic Christians. Dedicated to Mary and her various titles. The impossibly magnificent mosaics and collection of in situ modern Christian art inspires prayer add a sense of pride in American Catholicism.

Beautiful, very spiritual. Love the art, architecture and gift shop!

The clergy can be questionable at times as a whole, but it is catholic. I found more of a problem with the Templars cross on the alter as many may not know is still existant and used in freemasonry. If the church doesnt take a harder stand on going against masons than you might as well asume they have infultraited this Holy parish of our lord too.

The cross on the alter may be pure since the church outed the templars centuries ago, but the masons still use the symbol to this day. It hits a little too close to home for the Chirch to be in D.C, heart of American freemasonry, and than use the same sybol they still bare today.

I often enjoyed the mass there and have not seen too much apostacy though. It is a beautiful church with an amazing gift shop for those who are not part of the regular mass and parish.

Gorgeous and awesome. Plan to spend some quality time here.

The best place to feel release from your problem.: house of God!

Wow, wonderful church. You need a full day to visit and see the entire church. Awesome work inside the church. Nice place to worship. Enjoyed with kids.

I lack the words needed to express how amazing this church is. It is enormous. It is beautiful. The artistry is carefully planned and is also high quality.

For those that have any kind of relationship with Jesus, his mother, and the saints, this is a meaningful place.

The colors of the whole church, ceilings, stained glass, everything is shocking. I recommend it

A beautiful church, with fantastic side chapels. A great place to spend a few hours looking at the art, architecture and praying. Masses there are very efficiently run.

This is the place to worship in DC for the Catholics.

Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. The crypt was overwhelmingly detailed and felt so peaceful.

I really cannot give a national church a starred rating, but it is a very popular visiting place for both Catholics and non-Catholics. Beautiful art work and mosaics.

Took a guided tour and the tour guide Maria was wonderful. Very knowledgeable. I got to see the upper level without the scaffolding finally they say and it is marvelous!

I love coming to this place. I am not a Catholic, however this place is one of the few spots in DC where I go to be at peace and have some quiet time.

Beautiful as always. My son was an altar server for the regional Confirmation Mass.

A wonderful Christmas Mass! The celebration was just that, a celebration. The Word was well spoken by the lectors in the the 1st and 2nd readings. I enjoyed the lack of politics in the homily. The music was great (provided by Stone Ridge .... sorry I can't remember the rest of the name... a Catholic school choir.) I was caught off guard by the drum and normally would throw a fit but it was well contained and it IS a celebration. The music leader has a great voice. I never thought I'd be writing a review of a Mass for Google but... here it is.

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Basilica is such a beautiful place. My graduation, sons and now grandchild. Humbling experiences

Love the Basilica! Our most recent visit was on Holy Thursday, and it was just beautiful!

Lovely basilica :) love their music. Peter Latona is great

Great architecture and a lot of stuff on display. I have never been comfortable with religion and the excess here didn't help things either.

I loved!
The mass was beautiful.

It has ample parking that in the city is the most important thing ..

This is auguably the most magnificent Basilica around...the art is exquisite, the architecture flawless and astounding. I cannot say enough about this place. For the spiritual, certainly, a new beginning and understand of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. If you are in Washington, DC...a visit will be quite rewarding.

Beautiful place that lifts the heart and soul to God

this was the first church i went to when i came to the US 7 years ago. My experience here is amazing. If your looking for a church to go with your family, go to the basilica. The best church i have ever been in.

Amazing! One of my favourite basilicas in the world!

You can't miss visiting ... Art, religiosity, of, architecture, incredible

There are many small stunningly beautiful chapels. The guided tour I took was very good.