The Catholic churchneatly took care of theproblem by inventingthe doctrine ofthe Immaculate Conception, which excludedtheVirginMary from partaking of Adam's imputed guilt.
This year, the unions and business association chose to move the holiday on Dec. 6 celebrating the approval ofthe country's constitution following a four-decade dictatorship to a Monday rather than risk angering thechurch again by shifting the public holiday on Dec. 8, the Feast oftheImmaculateConception.
The time of this project coincided with a large Marian trend: in 1661, Pope Alexander VII declared theImmaculateConception (though it didn't become a dogma ofthechurch until 1854).