The Rosary for Spain, which has been prayed in Madrid since Nov. 12, has announced that on Jan. 6 it will be united in communion with a worldwide prayer crusade promoted by the Confraternity of Our ...

At a vigil Mass with tens of thousands gathered in the Portugal town of Fatima, Cardinal Pietro Parolin delivered a homily stressing the Virgin Mary's desire to console all humanity and to have ...

When I explain my devotion to Mary to others, either to non-Catholics or to my students preparing for confirmation, I always point to the words of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the heroic saint who sacrificed ...

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 ...

More than 100 cities joined in praying the rosary for Spain on Dec. 8, the feast of the country’s patroness, the Immaculate Conception, asking for her intercession due to the political, social, and ...

Pilgrims pause for prayer as the Walk with Mary procession in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 13 arrived at the Basilica of the ...

The rosary, a favorite devotional prayer of many Catholics throughout the world, goes back to the 13th century. It was in the 1500s that Pope Pius V designated the original 15 mysteries of the rosary, ...

In the 12th century, St. Bernard spoke of the Blessed Virgin Mary as "The rose of charity, the lily of chastity, the violet of humility and the golden gillyflower of heaven", and, in the 13th, St.

The City of Camden’s three Catholic parishes – the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Sacred Heart Parish and Saint ...