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

The "rosarium" or rosary indeed has pre-Christian origins. Ancient Rome celebrated the "rosalia," a spring festival commemorating the dead. In Greek tradition, the rose was Aphrodite's flower. It ...

After the vision, the bishop began a rosary crusade, and the fruits have been impressive. Even the president of Nigeria recently noted that the presence of Boko Haram in Nigeria is all but dead.

The Rosary is a centuries-old way of praying. "Medieval piety in the West developed the prayer of the Rosary as a popular substitute for the Liturgy of the Hours." Although obviously Marian in ...

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 ...

The Fatima Rosary Rally at Guardian Angel Church, Oran, MO, gathered 34 attendees to pray for key causes including ending abortion and supporting hurricane victims, with a program of hymns and ...

So this is a fitting time to consider Our Lady as “Queen of All Saints” (because that is what she is and we hope to be) and ...

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A group of Catholics held a Rosary Rally outside the home of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Sunday, after the Democrat sparked backlash with a Doritos video that critics alleged made mockery of ...

As part of commemorating the faithful departed on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2 — traditionally known in countries like Mexico as ...

The man who built a small school football program on Montgomery Road into a national high school powerhouse by the mid-1970s ...

Some are even finding ways to change the conversation around death itself − and bringing life to spaces previously thought of only for the dead. The cemetery was "run down" when Tyler Cassidy ...