That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Pope Pius IX proclaimed in 1854: The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace ...

Novena to the Immaculate Conception Pope Pius IX formally instituted the celebration of the Immaculate Conception when he proclaimed this dogma on December 8, 1854.

In collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, the Monnaie de Paris is staging a sweeping retrospective of French artist Georges ...