Immaculate Conception instead refers to Mary’s conception in the womb of her mother, St. Anne. The idea is that Mary was conceived without the stain of original sin, or born free from original sin.

CNA Staff, Dec 7, 2024 / 07:00 am. This year, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation, falls on the Second Sunday of Advent.

CNA Staff, Dec 9, 2024 / 04:00 am. The dogma of the Immaculate Conception is “key to everything,” according to Father Chris Alar, MIC, provincial superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of ...

Why the Immaculate Conception Is Fitting . The issue, therefore, is not one of contamination or the theological impossibility of the sinless savior being born of a sinful mother.

CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2024 / 06:56 am. Pope Francis celebrated Mass with the College of Cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica on Sunday, marking the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and ...

A long-forgotten stained-glass window, once thought lost to time, is now illuminating Immaculate Conception Church once again as part of a major restoration project.