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.

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The term may conjure the immaculate conception of the Virgin Mary, or the “immaculate reception” — the touchdown pass that carried the Pittsburgh Steelers to victory in the last seconds of a ...