The Immaculate Conception, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, was the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, free from original sin by virtue of the foreseen merits of her son Jesus Christ.
The Immaculate Conception was the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother free from original sin by virtue of the foreseen merits of her son Jesus Christ. This was according to the teaching of the Catholic Church. Saint Anne was her mother.