The Immaculate ... en Marian documents), clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived free from original sin. In proclaiming the Immaculate Conception of ...

That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace ...

a priest with the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, in his new book, Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon. With a mix of experience, prayer, history ...

James Martin, a Jesuit priest and author, told HuffPost. “His birth is miraculous because Mary conceived a child without having sexual relations with a man.” Immaculate Conception instead ...

International Marian Research Institute or the University of Dayton. Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Is the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. the largest ...

Devotees flock to the Manila Cathedral in observance of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December ... It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, along with declarations ...

Days leading to Thanksgiving and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, I was exploring Portugal and paid homage to Our Lady of Fatima. To be Catholic is to be Marian. But I don’t think reverence to ...