Twenty years ago, St. John Paul II published the apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, adding five Luminous Mysteries to the traditional 15 meditated on in the rosary. The Luminous Mysteries ...

The first time I remember praying the rosary of my own volition was in fourth grade during the History Bee. It was my first academic competition, but far from my last, and I made it to the final round ...

When Pope St. John Paul II introduced the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary in 2002, there’s no indication that he saw them as Lenten devotions. He proposed them in an Apostolic Letter on Oct. 10 that ...

Pope John Paul II has proposed that as the Luminous Mysteries can be seen discursively as following the Joyful Mysteries, meditatively, they should be prayed between them and the sorrowful Mysteries - ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pope Francis told seminarians on Saturday that praying the rosary can “unveil the mysteries of the priesthood” in its moments of joy, sorrow, and the glory to come. In a meeting with seminarians from ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, one of the most famous sites of Marian apparitions worldwide, is facing an important decision: what to do with Father Marko Rupnik's mosaics that decorate the ...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, middle, is gifted a Rosary by Minerva Munguia-Sanchez, a principal at St. Alphonsus School before he sits to eat with Los Angeles ...

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 ...