During the Angelus, Pope Francis said that Mary is "the first saved" by God’s mercy. To celebrate her birthday means that we “become in turn architects of mercy” defeating “our selfishness” and making ...
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.