[6] In the Traditional Catholic calendar and Western Rite Vicariate of the Antiochian Orthodox Church is a feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 11 October.

[3] Pope John XXIII's General Roman Calendar of 1960 removed mention of the circumcision and called 1 January simply the “Octave of the Nativity”.

[13][14] In Rome, in the Basilica of Saint Augustine, the Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was celebrated with an octave, in honour of the miraculous statue of the Madonna del Parto by Jacopo Sansovino.

The statue is laden with thanksgiving ex-votos and always surrounded by offerings of flowers and candles, and often photographs of smiling infants and toddlers, "visual evidence of faith in holy intercession".

In gratitude for her assistance, he then honored Mary with the title of “Our Lady of Good Remedy” (Nuestra Señora de los Remedios).

[21] In his Apostolic Letter Marialis Cultus, Pope Paul VI explained: "This celebration, placed on January 1 ...is meant to commemorate the part played by Mary in this mystery of salvation.