On November 2, the Catholic Church commemorates the faithful departed. Praying for the dead is an ancient tradition, asking ...

In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II once more urged Christian families to pray ... Catholic Church , n. 171). This is also what praying the ...

The Rosary is a centuries-old way of praying. "Medieval piety in the West developed the prayer of the Rosary as ... through her intercession. In many Catholic families, there is a pious custom ...