"Christian prayer tries above all to meditate on the mysteries of Christ, as in ... the Rosary." "Meditation engages thought, imagination, emotion, and desire. This mobilization of faculties is ...

The joyful mysteries of the rosary guide us along a journey of prayer through Jesus’ conception, birth and early life. We see God not only in his human form, but in the most vulnerable phases of ...

As I reflect on the sorrowful mysteries of the rosary, I find myself drawn to the depths of human emotion they encapsulate. The pain of the Passion, the weight of betrayal and the struggle of ...

The pope marked the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the image of Our Lady of the Rosary in Pompeii with ...

To indicate what he is talking about, Pope Francis refers to the character Nikolai Stavrogin in Dostoevsky’s novel Devils ...

The month of October is dedicated to the rosary, a Catholic prayer that Christians ... Traditionally, Kirby said, there were three sets of mysteries – "Joyful," about the birth and early years ...

Since its origin in the big bang 13.8 billion years ago, the cosmos has unfurled a story of majesty and wonder. There's much we think we grasp, but so much more that leaves us in the dark. In this ...

Pope Francis calls for rediscovering the Rosary's ability to evangelize the Church, in his letter commemorating 150 years ...

A monthly column recounting the diagnosis of a puzzling medical case. By Sandra G. Boodman. Submit solved medical mysteries to [email protected].

A woman becomes emotional as she prays with a rosary during Eucharistic adoration following the opening Mass of the National ...

It was the night before we would find out if our fifth – and likely final – try at an embryo transfer worked, and I sat on the couch with my husband, sobbing into a blanket. For the 10 days ...

One of the great mysteries of astronomy is our nearest celestial neighbor. Presumably among the first objects in the sky that ...