In the Constitution Ineffabilis Deus of December 8th., 1854, Pope Pius IX pronounced and defined that the Blessed Virgin Mary "in the first instance of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace granted by God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved exempt from all stain of original sin."
Mary Immaculate, Patroness of the United States, Pray for Us~
