Turning to the First Communicants who would be receiving Jesus that day, he said this would be a day they would never forget.

Pope Francis made an early morning visit on Wednesday to the statue ... Immaculate Conception due to the pandemic. Pope Francis began the feast of the Immaculate Conception by bringing white ...

For the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, Pope Francis on Sunday venerated a statue of the Virgin Mary located in Rome's Piazza di Spagna, reciting a prayer he wrote for the occasion.

Mary’s Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church ... enjoyed and to bring comfort,” Grattan said. The statues are carved from solid white marble, and weigh over 400 pounds each, Bartley ...