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.

Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, has been patroness of the United States since the mid-19th century. But her protection of the nation dates back to its earliest history. One of the ...

While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception would not be proclaimed until 1854, the Church in Spain had long venerated Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception. In 1585, a miracle attributed to the ...

HOPING TO GIVE THIS BUILDING A SECOND LIFE. IF IT WERE TO BE TORN DOWN. THAT WAS A BUILDING PAID FOR NOT ONLY IN SWEAT AND TEARS, BUT BLOOD. THE IMPACT OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH GOES BACK ...

Today may be one of the more misunderstood feasts in the church’s liturgical calendar, as a result of the readings selected. Even many devout Catholics think that the Immaculate Conception refers to ...