US EditionPope Marks Marian Feast Urging Believers to Embrace God’s Plan
Pope Leo XIV emphasized Baptism's role in sharing Mary's grace and called believers to accept their mission to transform the world, urging daily ‘yes’ to God’s plan.
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On Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Pope Encourages Renewing Our ‘Yes’ to God
Pope Leo XIV prays the Angelus prayer on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception on Dec. 8, 2025. Pope Leo, in his address to the faithful, said, ‘The Lord has granted to Mary the extraordinary grace of a completely pure heart, in view of an even greater miracle: the coming of Christ the Savior.’
Pope marks Marian feast urging believers to embrace God’s plan
ROME – Pope Leo XIV marked the traditional Marian feast of the Immaculate Conception urging faithful to imitate the Virgin Mary in embracing God’s plan for their lives, and to thus collaborate with him in changing the world. One of a handful of so-called “holy days of obligation” on the Catholic liturgical calendar, in which faithful are required to go to Mass, the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception commemorates the conception of the Virgin …
Prevost recited the Angelus from the Apostolic Palace. "We express our joy," he said to the faithful in St. Peter's Square. "For the unblemished beauty of the Mother of God." Mary's is a "wonderful" yes, and can be emulated "in prayer and concrete works, from the most extraordinary gestures to daily services."
On the day of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Leo XIV recalled that the gift of baptism is for believers a renewal of the miracle of grace and freedom
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