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 ...

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 ...

Yes, through the Fathers love who is Jesus, Mary of necessity must be sinless, an Immaculate Conception! So it seems to me, but Fr. Klein says it a whole lot better. Thanks, Father!

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 ...

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 — 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.

A Reflection for the Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called ...

The high feast day of the Immaculate Conception is usually on the eighth of December. Every several years, however, the Second Sunday of Advent falls on the solemnity’s usual day, and so ...

FOR most people, even the four-fifths of Filipinos who are Catholic, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, merits a shrug or less amid the Christmas rush.

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.