It is one of five churches in Australia with minor basilica status.

The remaining 1576 minor basilicas are all classified merely as such.

Three other minor basilicas, all within Rome, form the seven pilgrimage sites.

An application was also sent to the Vatican for its elevation into a minor basilica.

There are fewer than 60 minor basilicas in the United States.

Two diocesan churches were raised to the status of minor basilicas.

One of the largest churches in the city, it has the status of a minor basilica.

The church is considered a minor basilica, and is run by Italian priests.

The centerpiece of the shrine is a minor basilica.

In recent times, the title of minor basilica has been attributed to important pilgrimage churches.

Remarkably, given its size, it has been granted the dignity of a Minor Basilica.

It is a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church.

Under Roman Catholic canon law, the church enjoys the status of a minor basilica.

New Zealand has no Minor basilicas declared by the Vatican.

He petitioned and was granted that two diocesan churches be raised to the status of minor basilicas.

All four pontifical minor basilicas now have individual pontifical delegates.

It is now a minor basilica.

It is both a Minor Basilica and a National Shrine.

Medellín cathedral is also a minor basilica.

All others are minor basilicas.

Agoo Cathedral is the only Minor basilica north of Manila.

(English: "passage"), referring to the transfer of the image to the Minor Basilica.

Although the church is called popularly "basilica", has not been declared a minor basilica by the Vatican.

Basilicas in this canonical sense are divided into major ("greater") and minor basilicas.

There was a pronounced tendency in the 20th century to increase the number of churches that were granted the title of minor basilica.