A Mass on Sunday evening (after 4 p.m.) and a Mass on Monday The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception was established by Pope Pius IX in 1854 with the papal encyclical Ineffabilis Deus.

In a May 10 letter to the faithful, the Connecticut Latin Rite Catholic bishops announced they would lift the general dispensation from Sunday Mass attendance for Catholics who are healthy.

Excitement rippled through New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral on Sunday morning, the first since an American was picked to lead the Roman Catholic Church in a selection that surprised and ...