The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic holiday celebrated worldwide. It commemorates the conception of Mary in her mother's womb; Catholics believe Mary was born without original ...

Immaculate Conception instead refers to Mary’s conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. The idea is that Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin, or born free from original sin.

CNA Newsroom, Dec 9, 2022 / 14:00 pm. On Dec. 8, the day the Church celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, thousands of women in different countries around the world gathered to ...

The Immaculate Conception, a solemnity celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States. In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que ...

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception marks the day when Mary was conceived within Anne's womb. It is celebrated exactly nine months before the feast marking Mary's birth on September 8.

The Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary, not Jesus. It is the dogma defined by the Catholic Church in 1854 that: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, ...

This year, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation, falls on the Second Sunday of Advent. So, are Catholics obligated to go to Mass twice?

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Collin Levy, Allysia Finley and Dan Henninger. Image: Agence France-Presse/Getty Images It’s been half a century since ...

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.