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".

Eadmer of Canterbury (1124) was the first theologian of the Immaculate Conception. He is famous for "Potuit, voluit, facit." He [God] could, he wanted, he did [create Mary free from original sin]!

The dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary was proclaimed on December 8 ... Queen of the heavens, Mother of mercy, advocate and refuge of sinners: here I am, moved by the graces your maternal ...

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

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.

This shift of polarity in the existential meaning of the Immaculate Conception is reflected in the way we express our devotion to our Blessed Mother. In the past, people tended to look on Mary as the ...

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 ...