Aug 12, 2005
Oftentimes, when people speak of the Immaculate Conception, they incorrectly allude to Jesus’ miraculous conception in the womb of Mary. However, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, it is important to understand the truth behind this widely misunderstood dogma.
On December 8, 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed in the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus that “the most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, preserved exempt from all stain of original sin.”