At the beginning of the week, the Bishops' Conference corrected the report and clarified that the place of pilgrimage is not a shrine.
The place of worship is merely a "semi-public oratory".
In the course of the correction, the number of Spanish shrines was changed to 638 and the reference to the 200,000 pilgrims per year in the Aragonese place of pilgrimage was removed.
Torreciudad is not a shrine in the canonical sense, emphasised the Bishops' Conference.
This requires recognition by the local bishop, the Bishops' Conference or the Holy See.
"The use of the term 'shrine' in its traditional and popular meaning cannot be understood as a canonical qualification," the statement from the Spanish Bishops' Conference reads, regretting any misunderstandings and confusion that may have arisen.
Special papal commissioner appointed
There is a dispute over the administration of the shrine dispute between Opus Dei and the diocese of Barbastro-Monzón.
Since its establishment, the pilgrimage site has been run by Opus Dei priests.
Last year, the bishop of Barbastro-Monzón appointed a diocesan priest as rector of the shrine for the first time, even though Opus Dei considers the church to be its place of pilgrimage.
In October, Pope Francis intervened in the dispute and appointed Archbishop Alejandro Arellano Cedillo the dean of the Rota Romana ecclesiastical court, as special papal commissioner for the basilica of Torreciudad and its grounds.
The Marian pilgrimage site of Torreciudad in Aragon in north-east Spain dates back to an 11th century hermitage where the image of Our Lady of the Angels is venerated.
In the 1960s, the founder of Opus Dei founder Josemaria Escrivádecided to build a new church there and turn the place into a large pilgrimage centre for the Opus Dei pilgrimage centre.
The founder of the organisation had a close relationship with the image of the Virgin Mary in Torreciudad: as a two-year-old, his parents made a pilgrimage with him to the Blessed Mother there to express their gratitude that their son had survived an illness.
The church, which was built thanks to numerous donations from members of Opus Dei, was consecrated in 1975.
Torreciudad is considered a spiritual centre of the personal prelature and receives around 200,000 pilgrims every year.
Together with the Marian pilgrimage centres of Zaragoza, Montserrat (both Spain), Meritxell (Andorra) and Lourdes (France), Torreciudad forms the "Ruta Mariana".