Pope Francis marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a spiritual journey across Rome on Sunday, beginning at the Basilica of St. Mary Major and continuing to the Spanish Steps — where ...

Every year for the past eight years or so, our family has had the tradition of taking annual patron saints. This has been the source of some specific blessings, even beyond that gift of coming to know ...

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Conventual Franciscans said they will be present at a statue of the Immaculate Conception in the center of Rome to offer a "blessing from afar" to families who pass by on the feast day. Despite ...

At the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden, New Jersey, June 14 was their first in-person Mass in 12 Sundays. Not only that, but they had their first in-person funeral, for a beloved ...

MATTOON -- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1920 Richmond Ave., is scheduled to host a Prayer Vigil for Life on July 21. Father Steven Sotiroff will be the celebrant and homilist of the 6:30 p.m ...

In a moving letter, Pope Francis expressed his closeness with the people of Nicaragua as Central American bishops called for a day of prayer for the country on the feast of the Immaculate Conception ...

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 Nazareth ...

Pope Francis prays at a tall Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2021, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters.) Listen ROME — An ...

For the second year in a row, Pope Francis has canceled the Roman tradition of a public gathering at the Spanish Steps on Dec. 8 to venerate a statue of the Immaculate Conception due to the COVID-19 ...