The dogma of the Immaculate Conception is “key to everything,” according to Father Chris Alar, MIC, provincial superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province of the Marian ...

8, 2023. (photo: Daniel Ibanez/CNA / EWTN) 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 ...

Pope Francis marked the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a spiritual journey across Rome on Sunday, beginning at the Basilica of St. Mary Major and continuing to the Spanish Steps ...

This year is the 170th anniversary of the promulgation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX in his encyclical Ineffabilis Deus (1854), which declared that the Virgin Mary ...

In his message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Marcos said this day holds a great meaning among Catholics as it was an opportunity to reflect on the themes of grace, purity, and devotion.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church repeats the original declaration of Pope Pius IX: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Homily for Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Mt. St. Mary Seminary, December 9, 2002. – Most Reverend Daniel E. Pilarczyk, Archbishop of Cincinnati , S.

Since it was built in 1869, the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception has been the focal point of the University of Dayton. In terms of mission, spirituality, and campus geography, the chapel marks the ...

FOR most people, even the four-fifths of Filipinos who are Catholic, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, merits a shrug or less amid the Christmas rush. Also, ...

“That,” the artist replied smiling, “its the portrait of my mother. You know how it is. One has to give the best for his mother.” We can say the same of Mother Mary, the Immaculate Conception, whose ...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In just a few weeks, the church throughout the world will celebrate the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, whom we in the United ...