The Catechism of the Catholic Church says of the Immaculate Conception of Mary: 490. To become the mother of the Savior, Mary "was enriched by God with gifts appropriate to such a role".

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 ...

Mary was blessed by God as the mother of His Son and in her freedom from sin. The doctrine of the Immaculate Conception developed slowly through the centuries. Some divinely revealed truths take ...