Newlyweds Cole and Anna Stevens received Pope Leo XIV’s personal blessing for their marriage during one of the pope’s first ...

It’s long been a tradition in many countries to pray the rosary for the ill. When the group rosaries in St. Peter’s Square started the night of February 24, many were reminded of the vigils ...

In praying the rosary, I naturally think about Mary and the connections between the mysteries and moments in her life—like the Visitation, the Annunciation, or even the Passion and Crucifixion.

In the course of the appearances at Fatima, Our Lady also asked that the following prayer precede each of the decades of the Rosary: “Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins. Save us from the fires of ...

Frozen ground dulls footfalls that cross swiftly from the house to the barn on bitter winter mornings at Merciful Heart of Jesus Farm. It's just after 5 a.m., and though Mother Mary Veronica Fitch ...

The Rosary is a Christ-centered prayer; as Pope St. John Paul II observed, “The Rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at heart a Christocentric prayer.” ...

Devoted: Pope John Paul II. Photo: CNS/Catholic Press It is petition, thanksgiving, veneration, in such a way that it leads us to pay attention to what we say, how we say it and to whom we say it, as ...

Section: From The Bishop My dear sisters and brothers in Christ Jesus: We have come to this month of October, which in the life of the Church is referred to as the Month of the Most Holy Rosary, ...

Here's how to understand the rosary, a Catholic prayer tradition practiced by millions of faithful worldwide — including the beads, the link to Mother Mary and the meaning behind the prayer aid.

While praying the rosary, Catholics use a set of beads or knots to count and keep track of the prayers. Prayer beads as physical counting tools are quite common in several religions, including ...

The rosary itself is a simple circle of beads divided into five sets of 10 called a decade. For each decade, there’s a reflection on a “mystery,” which is an event in the life of Jesus or Mary.