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Immaculate Conception On An Advent Sunday: When to Go to Mass?

A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the Blessed Virgin Mary by laying a wreath of fresh flowers at her statue atop a column near the Spanish Steps at dawn on Dec. 8, 2023. (photo: Daniel Ibanez ... read more

Feast of Immaculate Conception 2017: What Is the Holy Day of Obligation and When Is It? - Newsweek

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception marks the day when Mary was conceived within Anne's womb. It is celebrated exactly nine months before the feast marking Mary's birth on September 8. read more

Pope Francis makes surprise visit to Immaculate Conception statue in rain-drenched Rome - Catholic News Agency

"At 7 a.m. this morning, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Holy Father went to the Spanish Steps for an act of veneration in private to Mary Immaculate ... read more

Feast of the Immaculate Conception. - The New York Times

Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Share full article. Dec. 9, 1869. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 9, 1869, Page 3 Buy Reprints. read more

Feast Of Immaculate Conception 2016: What Is The Holy Day Of Obligation And When Is It? | IBTimes - International Business Times

Just over two weeks before celebrating the birth of Jesus, Catholics will celebrate Thursday God enabling Jesus’ mother Mary to be conceived free of sin. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception ... read more

Immaculate Conception Feast Highlighted This Year

And, as he always does on Dec. 8, the Holy Father will mark the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, first with Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and then with the traditional mid-afternoon visit to ... read more

On feast of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Francis points to Mary’s trust in God - Catholic News Agency

On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, ... The Holy Father then offered a bouquet of flowers at the foot of the Column of the Immaculate Conception in the piazza below Rome's Spanish Steps. read more

Feast of Immaculate Conception does not get weekend dispensation

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 ... read more

Francis again makes surprise appearance at Immaculate Conception statue

A firefighter places a wreath on a tall Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2021, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. read more

Pope prays for peace among families and countries in war on the feast of the Immaculate Conception

Roma (AsiaNews) As is tradition on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, John Paul II went to the Spanish Steps in Rome, at 5:00 p.m. today, to place a basket of roses as an offering at the foot ... read more

Feast of Immaculate Conception does not get weekend dispensation

The U.S. bishops voted in 1991 to lift the obligation to attend Mass on holy days of obligation that fall on Saturdays or Mondays for three of the six holy days: the feast of Mary, Mother of God ... read more