Just last year, Catholics were required to attend separate Masses two days in a row for the Sunday obligation and Monday's Christmas Mass. Now, they have a similar opportunity this year with the feast ...

On December 8, Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This does not refer to Jesus' conception by the Virgin Mary but to the way Mary herself was conceived. In order to become the ...

Mary, conceived without sin, is a "masterpiece" who reflects "the beauty of God who is all love, grace and self-giving," Pope Francis said on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Reciting the ...

Mosaic tiles depicting the Immaculate Conception and various saints are seen in the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The feast of the ...

Pope John Paul II's schedule for December 2004 is, for the most part, a mirror image of preceding years: Mass for university students on Dec. 14, the blessing of the statues of baby Jesus brought to ...

Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is one of the greatest feasts of the Catholic Church. That the Blessed Virgin Mary was born sinless from her mother’s (St. Anne) womb was to ...

A statue of Mary and the Christ Child is seen in 2017 at St. Rafael the Archangel Church in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. (Credit: CNS photo/Bob Roller.) Listen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just last year, ...

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Goa’s towns and villages are set to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception today. Margao’s Holy Spirit Church is all decked up to celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Immaculate ...