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Commentary on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception

 Happy feast day to all. On December 8, 1854 in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the  Immaculate Conception with these words: "The Blessed Virgin Mary was preserved from all  stain of original sin by special grace and privilege of Almighty God in anticipation of the merits  of our Savior Jesus Christ."