“It’s not made any easier by the fact that the Gospel reading on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is the story of ...

In part 2 of this series, we saw that the Mater Populi Fidelis (MPF) document declares that Mary was “the first to be ...

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 ...

While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception would not be proclaimed until 1854, the Church in Spain had long venerated Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. In 1585, a miracle attributed to the ...

Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, has been patroness of the United States since the mid-19th century. But her protection of the nation dates back to its earliest history. One of the ...

Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, has been patroness of the United States since the mid-19th century. But her protection of the nation dates back to its earliest history. One of the ...

“Immaculate” is not a word most people would use to describe the Mississippi River’s famously muddy waters. But Father Jacques Marquette was not most people. The Jesuit explorer, who came from France ...

WITH December 8 declared a special non-working holiday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has released the pay ...

December 8 is a special nonworking holiday in the Philippines, following a law signed by former president Rodrigo Duterte on December 28, 2017 ...

Just last year, Catholics were required to attend separate Masses two days in a row for the Sunday obligation and Monday's Christmas Mass. Now, they have a similar opportunity this year with the feast ...

Devotees offered midnight mass prayers at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Puducherry on the occasion of Christmas, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - After 62 years, Immaculate Conception Parish in Bloomfield closed its doors for good on Sunday night. Parishioners were sad, as one could imagine, saying it was an end of an era.