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 ...

The parish says funds reserved for Immaculate Conception School are being taken by the Buffalo Diocese to help pay sex abuse ...

The Virgin Mary’s birthday falls on September 8, having been conceived in the womb of St. Anne exactly nine months before December 8, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

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.

Pope Francis celebrates the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with the city of Rome on Dec. 8, 2023. Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA. Before venerating the statue of the Immaculate Conception, Pope ...

READ: Dec. 8, Feast of Immaculate Conception, is special non-working holiday. This, as Mary, the Immaculate Conception, had been declared as the principal patroness of the Philippines on Sept. 12 ...

Volunteers at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. prepared 2,000 Christmas meals for those in need.

Immaculate Conception Church, the Roman Catholic parish in Hoosick Falls, ... The church will open for the Christmas Vigil Mass and continue for services beyond the Christmas holiday weekend.

HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Hazen Paper has replicated the unique stained-glass window at the Immaculate Conception Chapel into a commemorative 150th anniversary print. The 14’ tall by 21’ wide s… ...

The Episcopal Secretariat of Central America called for the day of prayer on Dec. 8, when Nicaraguans celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception — a national holiday in the deeply Catholic ...