Devotion to Mary has always been a part of the Black Catholic experience, according to Stacy Williams, director of the ...

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 ...

Children from across Africa joined their peers in the “One Million Children Praying the Rosary” campaign held on Oct. 7, the ...

The Rosary, a quintessentially Catholic prayer, appeals to many of the faithful. Its simple repetition of words instills in the individual a certain clarity of mind and soul that is not easily ...

It was a quiet gathering just across from the Erie County Prison. People of all ages took part in what’s known as a Living ...

Families share how teaching the Rosary to youngsters successfully leads also to families praying together. “The Holy Rosary, by age-old tradition, has shown itself particularly effective as a prayer ...

It is interesting that in her appearances at Lourdes, Fatima and other locations, the Mother of God repeatedly recommends praying the Rosary. She does not invite us to pray the Divine Office, or to do ...

Over 20 Catholic students knelt on the steps of the Administration Building on Oct. 7 for a period of public prayer ...

DETROIT – Madonna is on Jennifer Zablocki’s iPod. So is “The Madonna.” The Detroit-area 12th-grade teacher works up a sweat to the pop diva’s music as well as songs honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus.

On a Wednesday night in late October 2022, I knelt in the small basement chapel at Williams College in Massachusetts, where I was a junior. Sweaty, shaky and beyond nervous, I began to pray the rosary ...

A nun holds a rosary as she attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in the esplanade of the National Shrine in Sastin, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Pope Francis celebrated an open air Mass ...

My grandmother’s rosary was of amethyst-colored beads and a small silver crucifix, gray-black with tarnish. She kept it on the bureau in her bedroom near a holy card of St. Jude and a talcum powder ...