Usually a Catholic says five decades, or a total of some 60 brief prayers, at a time, but the true Rosary consists of 15 decades. Pope Leo XIII instituted October as the month of the Holy Rosary ...

Visit the homepage for more information. A: Some people believe Saint Dominic to be the initiator and promoter of the rosary, and that he had received the rosary from Our Lady. In fact, it was Dominic ...

We decree and order that in the whole Catholic world ... in every chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin - let five decades of the Rosary be recited with the addition of the Litany of Loreto.

In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II once more urged Christian families to pray in their home by reciting the Rosary: "We need to return to the ...

As I pray the first two decades of the rosary and reflect on the Annunciation and Visitation, I recall how God chose an impoverished woman in a far-flung corner of the Roman Empire to serve the ...

With the month of October being dedicated by the Catholic Church as the Month of the Holy Rosary and Oct. 7 being designated ...

Roman Catholics adopted the rosary prayer from the Orthodox Church.

The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...

Prayer is the best weapon we have, it is the key that opens the heart of God’ is a beautiful quote by St Padre Pio. Every ...

Five decades of the rosary was recited along with chanted scriptural ... The Order of Alhambra was founded in 1904 and is open to Catholic men and women 18 and older who have good standing in ...

By taking part in the Stations of the Cross, many Catholic Christians feel that they have accompanied Jesus on his final journey and shared in his suffering. Some criticise the use of the rosary ...

A group of Catholics held a Rosary Rally outside the home of Michigan ... the dignity of the Eucharist and the rising tide of anti-Catholic sentiment promoted by some in the progressive left.