The Holy Immaculate Perpetual Misconception?!!

On December 8th 2011
Millions will flock to the nearest Roman Catholic Church in observance a worldwide acclaimed "Holy" Day of Observation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception

In the Haitian Vodou tradition she is linked to one of  the facets of Erzulie.  Erzulie is equated with passion, perfume, luxury, possessions especially MONEY!!!

I had the privilege and pleasure of  making my first visit to Europe this year.  I was truly an eye opening experience.  The history contained is enough to make your spin, but there was some things that stood out then most,  

Does this look familiar?  One has to ask why the cut out?  



or pehaps...

Some more food for thought...

"1n 1847, at the petition of the bishops of the United States, Pope Pius IX named the Blessed Virgin patroness of the United States under the title of the Immaculate Conception."


The United States has long and appropriately been referred to as the “great melting pot” as a place where people from many diverse lands and customs have come to dwell.  The Basilica is a microcosm of this phenomenon, honoring devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary from around the world, which the generations of our immigrant population have sustained.

On October 7, 1979, Pope John Paul II, the first reigning Pope ever to visit the Basilica, proclaimed in the Great Upper Church:



“This Shrine speaks to us with the voice of all America, with the voice of all the sons and daughters of America, who have come here from the various countries of the Old World.  When they came, they brought with them in their hearts the same love for the Mother of God that was characteristic of their ancestors and of themselves in their native lands.  These people, speaking different languages, coming from different backgrounds of history and traditions in their own countries, came together around the heart of a Mother they all had in common.  While their faith in Christ made all of them aware of being one People of God, this awareness became all the more vivid through the presence of the Mother in the work of Christ and the Church.”



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms



Vatican City State and the Holy See each have their own coat of arms. As the Papacy is not hereditary, its occupants display their personal arms combined with those of their office.
Some Popes came from armigerous (noble) families; others adopted coats of arms during their career in the church. The latter typically allude to their ideal of life, or to specific Pontifical programmes.^[14] A well known and widely displayed example in recent times was Pope John Paul II's coat of arms. His selection of a large letter M (for Mary) on his coat of arms was intended to express the message of his strong Marian devotion.^[15]
Roman Catholic Dioceses also are assigned a coat of arms. A Basilica, or papal church also gets a coat of arms, which is usually displayed on the building. These may be used in countries which otherwise do not use heraldic devices.