Screenshot Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address at the Vatican, Dec. 8, 2021. The Pope listened to the stories of the young people present, and encouraged them to continue sharing...

The mandate also applies to schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Alexandra Sullivan, a parent with children in New York archdiocesan schools said Monday that de Blasio’s mandate is “alarming.”

null Detail of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ‘The Immaculate Conception,’ c. 1678 Mary, under her title of the Immaculate Conception, has been patroness of the United States since the mid-19th...

Daniel Ibáñez An Italian firefighter places a wreath of flowers on the statue of the Immaculate Conception in Rome’s Piazza di Spagna on Dec. 8. The Pope made the private visit shortly...