Faith Immaculate Conception on December 8: Here's what it is — and what it isn't On this special day during the Advent season, Catholics believe the Virgin Mary was born without the stain of ...

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.

'Immaculate Conception' by Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1628. By CNA Staff. CNA Newsroom, Dec 8, 2023 / 07:00 am. While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception would not be proclaimed until 1854, the ...

Peter Paul Rubens, “The Immaculate Conception”, ca. 1628 (photo: Public Domain) Dave Armstrong Blogs December 8, ...

The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception teaches that Mary, the mother of Christ, was conceived without sin. Mary's sinless conception is the reason why Catholics refer to Mary as "full of grace ...

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 ...

Aside from the Immaculate Conception, the four dogmas include Mary’s “Divine Motherhood,” which the Catholic News Agency (CNA) said was proclaimed at the Council of Ephesus in 431.

On Dec. 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary through the bull Ineffabilis Deus, declaring that “the doctrine which holds that the most ...