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 ...

At the end of his general audience, Francis also showed tourists and pilgrims in St Peter’s Square the rosary and camouflaged New Testament book that a 23-year-old Ukrainian soldier named ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Many of the popes have championed the Rosary as a powerful, multifaceted devotion. The theologian Romano Guardini described praying the rosary as ...

IrishCentral contributor, Mary Ryan, recalls experiencing death and funerals in rural Ireland 70 years ago, in the. 1950s, a ...

Jon Carp of Save Tacoma’s Landmark Church (STLC) joined Seattle’s Morning News to share details about his group’s proposal to the Seattle Archdiocese to purchase and preserve Holy Rosary Church.

The Queen of the Holy Rosary in Overland Park will hold a special Blue Mass service at 11 a.m., where the community will gather in prayer and solidarity for local first responders. Blue Mass ...

The last mass at Holy Rosary took place Sept. 1, and there are no plans for the local priest, Father Peter Golden, who is based in nearby Trepassey, to return to the church. The town hall was also ...

THE funeral is to take place on Monday of the Irishman found dead in tragic circumstances in a police cell in Portugal. Ryan Chan, from Letterkenny in Co Donegal, was found dead in his cell on ...