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 ...

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 ...

Pope Pius IX formally instituted the celebration of the Immaculate Conception when he proclaimed this dogma on December 8, 1854. Affirming the constant faith of the Church, he expressed in that ...

Offset by canary-colored spires and Italian marble, the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, built in the 19th century, is quite the sight to behold. Previous travelers say you most certainly ...

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of the blessed virgin Mary, did prepare a worthy dwelling place for your son, we beseech You that, as by the foreseen death of this, your son, You did preserve her from all stain, so too you would ...

As you walk into the new exhibit, "Outside In, New Murals Inspired by Dali," you’re greeted with heavy-duty machinery, paint cans and artists on ladders. “We’ve never done anything like this.

“..Manet's debt to Velázquez is evident in the compositions of Ragpicker and Tragic Actor, with nearly life-sized figures placed against an ambiguous backdrop that ...

"He pursued the woman" but had no hold on her: the new Eve, "full of grace" of the Holy Spirit, is preserved from sin and the corruption of death (the Immaculate Conception and the Assumption of ...

The so-called "brothers and sisters" are close relations. 3) Immaculate Conception The solemn definition of Mary's Immaculate Conception is like Divine Motherhood and Perpetual Virginity part of ...

This article is published by AllBusiness.com, a partner of TIME. Art has always been a reflection of humanity's cultural, social, and emotional landscapes. Across centuries, painters have used ...

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire town’s attempt to force a bakery to remove or alter its painting that shows sunbeams shining down on a mountain range of doughnuts, a muffin, a cinnamon roll ...