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 ...
Fox News

Immaculate Conception on December 8: Here's what it is — and what it isn't

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 ...
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 ...
America Magazine

Mary’s Immaculate Conception is humanity’s great recount—the one that counted.

Who among us hasn’t wanted a recount at some time in our lives? In presidential elections, every four years—let’s be generous—about half of the country would like a do-over. It’s in the nature of ...
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 ...
America Magazine

Mix up the Annunciation and the Immaculate Conception of Mary? You’re not alone.

A Reflection for the Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary “The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth ...