MANILA, Philippines — The Roman Catholic ... Second Sunday of Advent on Dec. 8 takes precedence over the feast of the Immaculate Conception. “The norms of the liturgical calendar provide ...

Devotees flock to the Manila Cathedral in observance of the Feast of the Immaculate ... the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the principal patroness of the Philippines.

The solemnity of Mary’s Immaculate Conception is celebrated on December 8, and honors the conception of Mary in the womb of her mother, St. Anne, without original sin. February 11 is the feast of Our ...

The Immaculate Conception, a solemnity celebrated on December 8, is the patronal feast of the United States. In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que ...