Why Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became the patron saint of the US in the 1840s

Every year in March, tens of thousands of Americans take to the streets – and bars – to celebrate St. Patrick, the patron ...
National Catholic Register

Immaculate Mary Was Redeemed From the Moment of Her Conception

A lot of people confuse the Immaculate Conception with the Virgin Birth. The Virgin Birth refers to the birth of Jesus Christ. The Immaculate Conception refers to the conception of Mary, not Jesus. It ...
National Catholic Register

Franciscan Mariologist: Devotion to Immaculate Heart of Mary Is Urgent Need for Today’s World

'God wants to establish devotion to the Immaculate Heart in the world, because the world must recognize with utmost gratitude what this heart has done for it.' Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass in the ...
BBC

Immaculate Conception

The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Mary, the mother of Christ, was conceived without sin. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Mary, the mother of Christ, was ...
National Catholic Reporter

Immaculate Mary

“Behold I am the handmaid of the Lord; May it be done to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38). Genesis 3:9-15, 20; Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12; Luke 1:26-38 Displacing Mary’s feast of the Immaculate ...