On December 8th, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Conception. It's a day to pause, pray, and gear up for the arrival of Christmas.

Faith Immaculate Conception on December 8: Here's what it is — and what it isn't On this special day during the Advent season, Catholics believe the Virgin Mary was born without the stain of ...

For the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Francis Sunday venerated a statue of the Virgin Mary located in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna, reciting a prayer he wrote for the occasion.

We praise you, Lord, in this daughter of Israel, who sang the songs of David,who knew the deeds of Judith, and held in her heart the burning words of Isaiah.We pray as Mary did: may your name be ...

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 ...

At the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception June 14 was the first in-person Mass in 12 Sundays. Not only that, but they had their first in-person funeral, and their first in-person baptism.

The Blessed Virgin Mary, under the title of the “Immaculate Conception,” is patroness of the United States. She was proclaimed unanimously on May 13, 1846, by the Catholic bishops of the ...

MATTOON -- Immaculate Conception Parish hosted the July Prayer Vigil for Life.

You don’t have to be Catholic to have heard the phrase “Immaculate Conception.” References often appear in pop culture and even politics. In the first season of the TV show “Glee,” the ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

MANILA, Philippines—December 8 is the day to celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, but there are people who still regard the celebration as the day the Blessed Virgin ...