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 ...

Morning Journal file/Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church as its looked in 2011. WELLSVILLE — The building which previously served as Immaculate Conception Church will be ...

In the Latin rite of the Catholic Church, Dec. 8 is the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, but this year it was moved to Monday the 9th to avoid a conflict with the Second Sunday of Advent.

No one has ever been better prepared for Christmas than the Blessed Mother. Despite the stress of needing to travel by donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, a four- to six-day journey over rough terrain ...

Just last year, Catholics were required to attend separate Masses two days in a row for the Sunday obligation and Monday's Christmas Mass. Now, they have a similar opportunity this year with the feast ...

Fresco of the Proclamation of the Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX during the First Vatican Council. (Credit: [CC0], from Wikimedia Commons.) Listen This weekend, the Church gives us a double ...

Godic said Immaculate Conception has seen a steady decline in mass attendance, sacramental participation and resources.

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - After 62 years, Immaculate Conception Parish in Bloomfield closed its doors for good on Sunday night. Parishioners were sad, as one could imagine, saying it was an end of an era.

HOPING TO GIVE THIS BUILDING A SECOND LIFE. IF IT WERE TO BE TORN DOWN. THAT WAS A BUILDING PAID FOR NOT ONLY IN SWEAT AND TEARS, BUT BLOOD. THE IMPACT OF IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH GOES BACK ...

FALL RIVER — A solitary mourner stood outside the front steps of Immaculate Conception Church Monday morning. Donald Sirois has lived all 69 years of his life on Thomas Street, just a few doors down ...