Scores of Catholics and other practicing Christians pray the rosary all year long — and many bestow gifts of rosaries on family and friends for Christmas and other special occasions. What is the ...

Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae; Vita, dulcedo et spes nostra salve. It was night. Throughout the Italian peninsula the monks, friars and nuns were kneeling in the monasteries, friaries, convents ...

WEST SUSSEX, England — The theft of the gold rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution is a “very tragic loss” for Catholic history, a curator has said. Jan Graffius, the curator of the ...

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October is designated by the Catholic Church as the "Month of the Rosary" because in this month the Church celebrates the Marian advocation of "Our Lady of the Rosary" on Oct. 7. The feast of Our Lady ...

(The Conversation) — It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917, when much ...

Five years ago, Father Justine John Dyikuk promised to always pray the 20 decades of the rosary (all four sets of mysteries) every day for the rest of his life. This was after experiencing what the ...

SCRANTON — Widely recognized for his catchphrase, “the family that prays together, stays together,” the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message across the world emphasizing prayer and close family ...

Residents commute to work on bicycles in Manila on Sept. 28. Many Filipino families are praying the rosary on a daily basis amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo: AFP) Barely a month after the ...

NEW PHILADELPHIA — Quietly, for more than a century, the women of Holy Cross Catholic Church and its predecessors had a secret weapon in times of trouble. “The women of New Philly walked around with a ...

After a series of health crises and the loss of her father, religion professor Arlene Sanchez-Walsh found herself in need of prayer. So she downloaded what she called "a modern, millennial Catholic ...