null / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA Vatican City, Dec 9, 2023 / 09:50 am (CNA). Pope Francis said today that the Vatican’s nativity scene this year should compel people to think of the Holy Land...

The House of Mary community poses for a photo on Dec. 8, 1994, in St. Peter's Square, the first time they brought their blue banner with the words "The Immaculate Conception will Triumph" to...

A firefighter scales a long ladder to the top of a nearly 40-foot-high column to pay tribute at dawn to the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flowers on Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: Daniel...

Pope Francis waves from the window of the Apostolic Palace as he gives his Angelus address for the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. / Credit: Vatican...

Pope Francis greets members of Italy's National Association of St. Paul on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. / Credit: Vatican Media Vatican City, Dec 7, 2023 / 11:16 am (CNA). Pope Francis had seven...