. Several Pontiffs have venerated the namesake Madonna under this title: •
Pope Pius V gifted a heart shaped
Ex Voto to the shrine in 1571 in honor of the
Battle of Lepanto, still preserved at the site. •
Pope Urban VIII made a pilgrimage to the Gennazano shrine in 21 October 1630 due to the Roman plague at the time. •
Pope Clement XII granted
Plenary indulgences to pious Catholics who visit the shrine on 25 April, the original feast date of its Marian apparition. •
Pope Innocent XI granted a Pontifical decree of
canonical coronation to the image on 17 November 1682. The rite of coronation was executed on 25 November 1682. •
Pope Benedict XIII established an Office of Catholic Mass under this title for the priests of Gennazano locality in 10 April 1727 in the form of a Papal
indult, retaining them the original privilege to celebrate on 25 April, while others must move the feast date to 26 April (to avoid conflict with the Feast of
Saint Mark the Evangelist). •
Pope Benedict XIV granted the former Church of
Saint Pantaleon in
Monti, Rione to the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Good Counsel in 1748 who renamed it to their own. Today it is converted into a charity shelter house for the
Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus assisting foreign migrants and refugees. • Issued the Pontifical decree
Iniunctæ Nobis Licet on 2 July 1753 which established the "Pious Union of Our Lady of Good Counsel". •
Pope Pius VI finally approved the cultus of documents
In Festo Apparitionis Sacræ immaginis from the first submission of the
In Memoriam Prodigiosæ Apparitionis (suppressed) by the Augustinian promoter—priests, Angelo Maria de Orgio and Pietro Paolo Ferrocci. The Pontifical approbation was finally granted through the former Prefect of the
Sacred Congregation of Rites, Cardinal Giovanni Archinto who notarized the decree. • Ultimately established a renewed Office of
Catholic Mass under this devotional title for the
Augustinian Order in 18 December 1779. •
Pope Pius IX made the following Apostolic visits: • Visited the Sanctuary of
Madre del Buon Consiglio in
Naples on 16 September 1849. • Visited the Genezzano shrine in 15 August 1864, accompanied by the former Papal Antechamber, the Augustinian Bishop Francesco Marinelli. permanently secured. •
Pope Leo XIII was a member of the namesake pious union and granted the following Pontifical decrees: • Renewed a new set of Office of Catholic Mass for the Augustinian Order on 18 December 1884. • Memorialized the motto
Fili Acquisce Consiliis Eius for the (formerly) exclusive scapular in 21 December 1893 during a private audience with the Superior General of the Hermits of Saint Augustine. • Issued the Pontifical decree
Sacris Ædibus Deo which raised the shrine of Genezanno to the status of
Minor Basilica on 17 March 1903. • Issued a Pontifical decree titled
Ex Quo Beatissima in 22 April 1903 which canonically added the namesake title
"Mater Boni Consilii" in the
Litany of Loreto. •
Pope Pius X granted a Pontifical decree of canonical coronation to the namesake Marian image of
Madre del Buon Consiglio in
Naples on 29 March 1911. The rite of coronation was executed by the former
Archbishop of Naples, Cardinal
Giuseppe Antonio Ermenegildo Prisco on 6 January 1912. •
Pope Pius XII composed a devotional prayer to this namesake title in 1939 and later composed a
Novena prayer published by the
Sacred Congregation of Rites on 23 January 1953. •
Pope John XXIII issued a Pontifical decree titled
Essendiæ in Urbe assigning this namesake title to the
Golden Madonna of Essen and the official Patroness of the
Diocese of Essen on 8 July 1959. • Visited the Genazzano shrine on 25 August 1959. •
Pope John Paul II issued the following decrees: • Granted the Pontifical decree
Beatæ Mariæ Virginis which raised the namesake shrine of
Madre del Buon Consiglio in
Naples to the status of
Minor Basilica on 2 January 1980. He later made an Apostolic Visit to this shrine in 21 October 1979 and 9 November 1990. • Visited the Gennazano shrine on 22 April 1993. • Visited the
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Counsel in the
Republic of Albania on its feast day, 25 April 1993. in 2009 at the decree of
Pope Benedict XVI. •
Pope Benedict XVI granted several Pontifical decrees for the following: • As Prefect of the
Holy Office, Cardinal
Joseph Ratzinger officiated a
Catholic Mass at the shrine on 26 September 2000. • Made an Apostolic Visit to the Basilica of
Madre del Buon Consiglio in
Naples on 21 October 2007. • Issued the decree authorizing the installation of the namesake mosaic image in the
Vatican Gardens on 9 July 2009. The event was attended by the Pontiff in person while the rite of installation was executed by the former
President of the Governorate of Vatican City State, Cardinal
Giovanni Lajolo and also attended by the former Prior General of the Augustinian Order,
Robert Francis Prevost. • Issued a Pontifical decree on 13 June 2012 declaring the namesake title as Patroness of Gennazano. The decree was notarized by the
Holy Office. • The same Pontiff considered
transferring the original image to the
Pauline Chapel of the
Apostolic Palace, as was desired by
Pope Pius IX and
Pope Leo XIII (according to Papal correspondences discovered within the
Vatican Secret Archives in 2011) but later decided against it. •
Pope Francis made an Apostolic Visit to the Basilica of
Madre del Buon Consiglio on 21 March 2015 and 21 June 2019. • Invoked the namesake title during his
Regina Caeli speech address on 3 May 2020. • Issued a Pontifical decree which raised the namesake
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Counsel to the status of
Minor Basilica in
Shkoder, Albania on 22 April 2024. •
Pope Leo XIV visited the Gennazano shrine on 10 May 2025. ==The White Scapular==