a day that signifies the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. "The Catholic Church’s teaching on the Immaculate Conception is, in my opinion, one of our ...

The purity and holiness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a model for all Christians. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: 490. To become the mother of the ...

Celebrating a May 31 Mass for The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington’s local observance of the Jubilee Year, Washington ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church repeats the original declaration of Pope Pius IX: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila on Saturday reminded the faithful that the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, Sunday ...

The cloak imprinted with the miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary received by Juan Diego is still preserved today, said the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

“Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception ... 1854 proclaimed that "from the first moment of her conception, the Blessed Virgin Mary was, by the singular grace and privilege of Almighty God ...

May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary are a series of Marian devotions ... Crowds flocked to the area for the Immaculate Conception that December. In 1985, a local teenager, Ursula O’Rourke ...

The Solemnity of Immaculate Conception is considered a holy day of obligation, which celebrates the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary without original sin. The Vatican’s Dicastery on Legislative ...