You don’t have to be Catholic to have heard the phrase “Immaculate Conception.” References often appear in pop culture and even politics. In the first season of the TV show “Glee,” the character Puck ...

The dogma of the Immaculate Conception is “key to everything,” according to Father Chris Alar, MIC, provincial superior of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province of the Marian Fathers of ...

This year, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation, falls on the Second Sunday of Advent. So, are Catholics obligated to go to Mass twice? The answer is yes. The ...

In the past, the obligation to attend Mass on a transferred holy day of obligation was not transferred along with the feast day when it fell on a Monday. A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the ...