We begin by recalling par. 14, which says: “The dogma of the Immaculate Conception highlights the primacy and unicity of ...

Catholics around the world — who are already observing the first week of the Advent season — mark the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Thursday, Dec. 8, a day that signifies the conception of ...

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 consider the ...

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 ...

The Basilica of Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk is photographed Feb. 17, 2023. St. Mary’s is a historically Black church and received a grant for preservation from the National ...

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 – showing the ...

EVERETT — For 63 years, Immaculate Conception Church has been the center of Mary Jamieson’s spiritual and social life. Today, the church will honor Jamieson and more than 70 other church "pioneers" — ...

Take a moment and imagine the quiet life of one young Jewish woman who from all outward appearances seems to be rather ordinary. She is a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, and she is probably in ...

A construction project at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception reveals a tunnel and cryptsWhen parishioners at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception started their ...