Since folks seemed to benefit from the recent series I did on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, I decided I would follow it up with another series leading up to the next big Marian feast, 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 ...

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 ...

In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, Dec. 8 is the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, but this year it was moved to Monday the 9th to avoid a conflict with the Second Sunday of Advent.

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 ...

Our 5-year-old grandson, Clement, is in pre-K at his neighborhood Catholic school, which, apparently, qualifies him to explain Christian belief to his 2-year-old sister, Ruthie. He told her, "Ruthie, ...

Because the first Archbishop of New York witnessed the public definition 76 years ago of the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the present Archbishop of New York last week presided ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception takes place on December 8, and is a day that celebrates the Virgin Mary during ...

For the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Francis on Sunday venerated a statue of the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza di Spagna, reciting a prayer he wrote for the occasion. "I ...

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 ...