The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a time to celebrate the great joy of God’s gift to humanity in Mary, and to recognize with greater clarity, the truth that each and every human ...

The Immaculate Conception, a solemnity celebrated on December 8 ... with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived free from original sin. In proclaiming the Immaculate ...

Pope Francis had a special devotion to the Marian icon, Salus Populi Romani (Salvation or Health of the Roman People), which ...

On March 25, 2025, Catholics around the world celebrated the Solemnity ... Annunciation — when Mary conceived Jesus through the Holy Spirit — and the Immaculate Conception — the dogma ...

This year, however, the solemnity will take place as the Church and ... provincial superior of the Marian Fathers of the ...

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me," sang Paul McCartney in the enduring 1970 Beatles' anthem, ...