In the Catholic liturgical calendar, the birthday of the historical Jesus falls on December 25 because, exactly nine months earlier, on March 25, the day of the Annunciation, Jesus was conceived by ...
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.
Because the first Archbishop of New York witnessed the public definition 76 years ago of the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the present Archbishop of New York last week presided ...