The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, celebrated by the Church on Dec. 8, marks the moment when the Virgin Mary was conceived inside St. Anne’s womb, with a soul preserved by God from ...

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 ...

This year is the 170th anniversary of the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX in his encyclical Ineffabilis Deus (1854), which declared that the Virgin Mary, “from ...

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 ...

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 ...

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to imitate Mary's deep trust and openness to God when faced with serious problems. "Today we look at the beauty of Our ...

Appearing in a good form on Wednesday, Pope John Paul presided over the 150th Anniversary of the Immaculate Conception and consecrated the Church tu Mary. The Pontiff reminded Catholics that the dogma ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary causes difficulties for this biblical scholar, for though biblical passages are read on the feast day, none of them clearly support the doctrine as ...

Nearly six years ago, a parish started by black Catholics in the 1940s merged with a Catholic church founded by German settlers in the 1840s. Now, that Erie congregation will merge with a ...

In a program known as Catholics Returning Home, the people of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Church in Wooster have swung open the church doors to individuals who for whatever reason have ...