The purity and holiness of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a model for all Christians. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: 490. To become the mother of the ...

The Immaculate Conception is the belief that Mary was born free from original sin. The Feast of the Immaculate Conception is celebrated by Catholics on 8 December each year.

THE Immaculate Conception Parish of Oslob, southern Cebu, has officially become an affiliate church of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome. The annou ...

Appeal Made to the Vatican is Successful! Decree closing St. Mary’s Church (Immaculate Conception) has been revoked St.

The Archdiocese of Cebu announced that the Oslob church, which is almost 180 years old, has been named an affiliate church of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major located in Rome, Italy.

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 ...