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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the Vatican, for the second year in a row, ... 1857, three years after Pope Pius IX promulgated a decree defining the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. Since 1953, ...

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 ...

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.