On Dec. 8, 1854, Blessed Pius IX released Ineffabilis Deus in which he defined and proclaimed that the Blessed Virgin Mary “in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace ...

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 ...

Mexico City (Fides Service) - “We will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception with enthusiasm and joy of a dream come true because Mexico like ...

Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop of Seville, Spain, said this week that the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the Immaculate Conception of Mary provides an excellent ...

Czestochowa (Fides Service) - “The Jubilee year of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception reminds us of its unchanging importance. To understand the Immaculate Conception properly ...

Addressing the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the Angelus on Sunday, Pope John Paul meditated upon the coming feast of our Lady of Lourdes (February 11) and the 150th anniversary of the ...

(UNDATED) The Immaculate Conception was once such a widely beloved belief that laity lobbied popes to endorse it, and one of the most famous plays in NFL history _ the Immaculate Reception _ was named ...

VATICAN CITY _ Pope John Paul II prayed to the Virgin Mary for peace in Iraq and throughout the world on Wednesday (Dec. 8) at solemn ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of ...

You will understand that the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary was not a doctrine that I was taught in Bible Class at Bob Jones University. Even as an Anglican it was a stretch. As an ...

Because the first Archbishop of New York witnessed the public definition 76 years ago of the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the present Archbishop of New York last week presided ...

The “Personal Corporeal Presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Heaven” is the name of a new dogma which, it is confidently said, and equally confidently denied, Pope Pius XI will promulgate this year.