One of the most important Philippine Christmas traditions is the Simbang Gabi. This nine-day series of dawn (or in recent ...

Its cathedral is the Minor Basilica and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, also known as the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros. The circular stressed that Masses held outside ...

The float is part of a procession in Intramuros, Manila featuring two other versions ... this event commemorates the 170th anniversary of the Proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of ...

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You don’t have to be Catholic to have heard the phrase “Immaculate Conception.” References often appear in pop culture and ...

Despite the ongoing war, partitioners at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception celebrate this day ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary will still be observed on Dec. 8, which falls on a Sunday this year. In a text message, the Office of the Executive Secretary ...

Father Alar shared that the teaching on the Immaculate Conception is so important because 'Mary’s living proof that we can be holy and immaculate.' Father Chris Alar, MIC, provincial superior of ...

The Vatican has detailed how to obtain plenary indulgences — removing temporal punishment for sin through Christ’s merits — ...

“Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, Patroness of the Philippines, pray for us.” In the midst of our continuing challenges as a nation, as a people, let us all join hands together and pray ...

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 ...