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 ...

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 ...

The Għaqda Mużikali Immakulata Kunċizzjoni Ħamrun and the Immaculate Conception Parish are putting the final touches to the ...

Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception and therefore it is a Holiday of Obligation, according to the Catholic Church, as it was on this day that the doctrine that the Blessed Virgin Mary, the ...

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 ...

June, the month of the Sacred Heart, also highlights the Immaculate Heart of Mary with a major side-by-side celebration. The ...

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, ...