Almudena Cathedral Celebrates A Mass In Honor Of The Immaculate Conception

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 08: A parishioner passes the brush at a solemn mass in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, at the cathedral of Santa Maria la Real de la Almudena, on December 8, 2022, in Madrid, Spain. On December 8, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Madrid celebrates the feast with religious events in many churches of the archdiocese. The Immaculate Conception of Mary, also known as the Immaculate Conception, is a dogma of the Catholic Church proclaimed in 1854 which holds that the Virgin Mary was free from original sin from the first moment of her conception by the merits of her son Jesus Christ,. (Photo By Alejandro Martinez Velez/Europa Press via Getty Images)