Since then devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, has gradually grown more widespread in the Church, particularly since the apparitions at Fatima. The main difference between the devotions to ...

In proclaiming the Immaculate Conception of Mary as a dogma of the Church, the pope expressed precisely and clearly that Mary was conceived free from the stain of original sin. This privilege of ...

Later, the Magisterium forbade the accusation of heresy to be used by either side, for the sake of peace in the Church. The Pope then favored orthopraxy over orthodoxy by granting a liturgical office ...

On May 15, 1693 Innocent II extended the feast to the whole church with an Office and Octave. MEDITATION: Everything in you, Mary, is fiat: you are the Immaculate One, through you shines the fullness ...

St. Mary’s Church of the Immaculate Conception in Wilkes-Barre had a final Mass with a full-throated choir accompanied by hand bells and rumbling timpani on Sunday.

Several Sisters of Christian Charity play hand bells, contributing their musical talents to the final Mass at St. Mary’s Church of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday. Dressed in their regalia ...

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File MANILA - The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is usually celebrated by the Catholic Church on December 8. But for 2024, it will be ...

On Tuesday, vandals toppled a statue of Mary holding the infant Jesus that stood outside St. Mary’s Immaculate Conception Church, 1405 Fifth Ave., Altoona. Courtesy photo A stealthy act of ...

December 8th is a big day for believers as the Catholic Church honors the ... On the day of the Immaculate Conception, we remember the birth of the Virgin Mary, who was free from sin and guilt ...