The Catechism of the Catholic Church says of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: 490. To become the mother of the Savior, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role".

Past and present parishioners from near and far filled St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in ...

Pope Pius IX formally instituted the celebration of the Immaculate Conception when he proclaimed this dogma on December 8, 1854. Affirming the constant faith of the Church, he expressed in that ...

We are in a moment of unprecedented division and uncertainty in both the church and society. That's why Pope Francis could ...

People from all across the DMV spent their Christmas Eve at The Basilica of the National Shrine of Immaculate Conception, the ...

gathered to mark the Christmas holiday with reverence and a prayer for peace at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. "Heart is broken because we have family still in ...

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 ...

Wonderful. Beautiful. Spiritual. And bittersweet,” Mary Pat Cosgrove Gill of Mountain Top said Sunday afternoon, summing up her feelings as she and hundreds of other people visited St. Mary’s Church ...

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Rev. John Ahern, who served his Catholic faith as a Central New York parish priest and pastor, and honored his Irish heritage ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --The pope inaugurated the Catholic Church's historic 2025 Jubilee of "Hope" at the Vatican on Christmas Eve in traditional ceremonies before addressing thousands of Catholic ...

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