Pope says God wants all to be holy, 'immaculate in love'

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Presiding at a special Mass marking the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the dogma of Mary's Immaculate Conception, Pope John Paul II said God "desires that, in Christ, we all would be holy and immaculate in love."

During the Dec. 8 Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, the pope said he was "renewing today in a special way" the act of entrusting the protection of the entire church to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.

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