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 ...

VATICAN CITY — With Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception, God was, even before Mary’s birth, putting into motion his plan of salvation for the world, Pope Francis said Sunday. “Today we consider the ...

The high feast day of the Immaculate Conception is usually on the eighth of December. Every several years, however, the Second Sunday of Advent falls on the solemnity’s usual day, and so – showing the ...

INTERVIEW: Director-producer Michal Kondrat, Marian expert Father Chris Alar and actress Maria Juzwin discuss new film about the Mother of God. Maria Juzwin as Mary in the new docudrama about the ...

You don’t have to be Catholic to have heard the phrase “Immaculate Conception.” References often appear in pop culture and even politics. In the first season of the TV show “Glee,” the character Puck ...

A Reflection for the Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth ...

You can find today’s readings here. Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” (Luke 26:38) A blank sheet of paper. Every person I know panics ...

Fresco of the Proclamation of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX during the First Vatican Council. (Credit: [CC0], from Wikimedia Commons.) Listen This weekend, the Church gives us a double ...

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 ...

Filipinos should mark the feast day by looking to Mother Mary to intervene for victims of killings and forced disappearances A Marian procession of devotees dressed mostly in white parade around the ...

A construction project at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception reveals a tunnel and cryptsWhen parishioners at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception started their ...

St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception is a Norfolk icon. The white spire of the church bursts forth from the south end of the St. Paul’s neighborhood. Flanked by public housing, the building is from ...