The Immaculate Conception: History, a miracle, and the Spanish Steps
Everything you need to know about today’s solemnity
Pope Leo XIV visited the Spanish Steps in Rome on Dec. 8, continuing a nearly 70-year tradition of popes traveling to the site on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.
Though the dogma of the Immaculate Conception was defined only in 1854, the feast enjoys a rich and long history in the Church, intertwined with many historical events.
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