In the past, the obligation to attend Mass on a transferred holy day of obligation was not transferred along with the feast day when it fell on a Monday. A firefighter in Rome pays tribute to the ...

This year’s Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception was especially confusing. No, I am not referring to the widespread (?) misunderstanding that the day celebrates the conception of the infant Jesus.

Just last year, Catholics were required to attend separate Masses two days in a row for the Sunday obligation and Monday's Christmas Mass. Now, they have a similar opportunity this year with the feast ...

Mosaic tiles depicting the Immaculate Conception and various saints are seen in the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The feast of the ...

December 8 marks the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. It is a holy day of obligation, and marks the patronal feast of the United States. The feast celebrates Mary having no original sin from ...

CWN Editor's Note: Cardinal Blase Cupich has dispensed the Catholics of the Chicago archdiocese from the obligation to attend Mass on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which will be celebrated ...

The Mass of the Americas, a newly composed Mass setting commissioned by Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco, will be celebrated Nov. 16 at 10am at the Basilica of the National Shrine of ...