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.

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” is not a word most people would use to describe the Mississippi River’s famously muddy waters. But Father Jacques Marquette was not most people. The Jesuit explorer, who came ...

Filipino-American priest Father James Cervantes of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception (MIC) lamented the phenomenon throughout different parishes across the Philippines, despite its renown ...

This year, Immaculate Conception athletes had 12 teams to choose from, said Dale Fava, the school’s athletic director. About 90% of the school population played sports, he estimated, and teams ...

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Catholics are no longer obligated to attend the Holy Mass on Monday, December 9, in celebration of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

FOR most people, even the four-fifths of Filipinos who are Catholic, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Mother of Jesus Christ, merits a shrug or less amid the Christmas rush. Also, ...

University of the Immaculate Conception was founded in 1905 as the Escuela Catolica de San Pedro. It has been offering college-level courses in Davao City since 1947 when it started secretarial and ...

This, as Mary, the Immaculate Conception, had been declared as the principal patroness of the Philippines on Sept. 12, 1942 by then Pope Pius XII “upon the request of the bishops in the ...

D evotees flock to the Manila Cathedral in observance of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, 2020. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File. MANILA - The Solemnity of the Immaculate ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila on Saturday reminded the faithful that the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, Sunday, ...