to be the worthy mother of your son. You let her share beforehand in the salvation Christ would bring by his death, and kept her sinless from the first moment of her conception. Help us by her prayers ...

Pope Francis marked the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a spiritual journey across Rome on Sunday, beginning at the Basilica of St. Mary Major and continuing to the Spanish Steps — where ...

Every year for the past eight years or so, our family has had the tradition of taking annual patron saints. This has been the source of some specific blessings, even beyond that gift of coming to know ...

Pope Francis gives a high five to a child after an audience with the artisans and local government officials who donated Nativity scenes and Christmas trees to the Vatican Dec. 7, 2024, in the Vatican ...

“Especially in the most difficult moments, when humanly it is difficult to understand what God wants of us, we are called upon not to doubt his care and mercy,” said Pope Francis. The bishops of ...

MATTOON -- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 1920 Richmond Ave., is scheduled to host a Prayer Vigil for Life on July 21. Father Steven Sotiroff will be the celebrant and homilist of the 6:30 p.m ...