ROUNDTABLE: The Register speaks with Bill McCormick, Jenny Kraska and Joe Capizzi on patriotism, Americanism and the significance of the United States’ patroness on her feast day. The Basilica of the ...

Filipinos should mark the feast day by looking to Mother Mary to intervene for victims of killings and forced disappearances A Marian procession of devotees dressed mostly in white parade around the ...

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the Chapel of the Nativity Scene at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome Dec. 8, 2002, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The pope also prayed in front of the ...

Pope Benedict said on today's Feast of the Immaculate Conception that the day honoring Mary should give Christians “comfort” and remind them that God's mercy “is more powerful than evil.” On a cloudy ...

No one has ever been better prepared for Christmas than the Blessed Mother. Despite the stress of needing to travel by donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, a four- to six-day journey over rough terrain ...

ROME — For two years running, the Vatican has canceled Pope Francis' public ceremony in Rome's Piazza di Spagna to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in order to avoid crowds during the COVID ...

More than 100 cities joined in praying the rosary for Spain on Dec. 8, the feast of the country’s patroness, the Immaculate Conception, asking for her intercession due to the political, social, and ...

December 6 is the Feast Day of St. Nicholas, whom many consider the inspiration for Santa Claus. Buddhists around the world observe Bodhi Day (December 8), commemorating the day Buddha found ...

The crowd watches as Pope Francis leads the Angelus from his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 8, 2020, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The banner in Italian says: “The ...

Mary's Immaculate Conception offers a glimpse to the promised life for all Christians who open their hearts to God and his grace, Pope Francis said. Addressing pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on the ...