VATICAN CITY — With Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception, God was, even before Mary’s birth, putting into motion his plan of salvation for the world, Pope Francis said Sunday. “Today we ...

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Liturgy of the Word which the Church offers us on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, 8 December, presents a marked contrast: the first reading from the Book of ...

December 8 celebrates the Solemnity of Immaculate Conception, which commemorates the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary without original sin. It was announced earlier that the celebration of the ...

Pope Francis urged Catholics to treasure genuine relationships over money and comforts in a Eucharistic celebration of the Immaculate Conception at the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Sunday.

The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic holiday celebrated worldwide. It commemorates the conception of Mary in her mother's womb; Catholics believe Mary was born without original ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd gathered in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna to celebrate the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, 2023. Credit: Vatican Media “You know, we need you, Mother ...

VATICAN CITY — In his Angelus address for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Monday, Pope Francis said that, because everything we have received is “a gift freely given by God ...

My Table Is Spread: The Feast of the Immaculate Conception probably began in the Eastern Church as a celebration of St. Anne, Mary's mother, a feast that is still kept in the East.

Displacing Mary’s feast of the Immaculate Conception to December 9 because of the Second Sunday of Advent falling on December 8 only reminds us that Advent is only possible because of ...

Vatican City, Dec 8, 2019 / 04:49 am. With Our Lady's Immaculate Conception, God was, even before Mary's birth, putting into motion his plan of salvation for the world, Pope Francis said Sunday.