President Donald Trump honored the feast of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, which appears to be the first time an American president formally recognized the Catholic holy day. The presidential ...

My grade school (which I’ve mentioned in previous Scripture reflections) had an Advent/Christmas concert of sorts called the Service of Lights. It began with one student singing “O Come, O Come, ...

December 8 is a special nonworking holiday in the Philippines, following a law signed by former president Rodrigo Duterte on December 28, 2017 Is December 8 the birthday of Mama Mary? Or is it the ...

More than 100 cities joined in praying the rosary for Spain on Dec. 8, the feast of the country’s patroness, the Immaculate Conception, asking for her intercession due to the political, social, and ...

Leo XIV recites the Angelus from the Apostolic Palace. ‘Let us express our joy, for the immaculate beauty of the Mother of God.’ Mary's “yes” is “wonderful” and can be emulated ‘in prayer and in ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday wished for the country’s officials to be guided by wisdom and discernment, institutions thoroughly cleansed, and Filipinos united in hope, following the ...

Was your first thought, “We have to go to Mass again?” Or was it, “We get to go to Mass again!” Christmas 2023 was a whirlwind of celebrations for pastors and parishioners. Christmas fell on a Monday.

In a moving letter, Pope Francis expressed his closeness with the people of Nicaragua as Central American bishops called for a day of prayer for the country on 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, ...

The feast of the Immaculate Conception will be celebrated at St Francis of Assisi church in Victoria on Monday, December 8. Fr Guardian Etienne Gilson, OFM Conv., will lead a concelebrated mass on ...

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics and it commemorates the Virgin Mary being conceived free from original sin.