Can I wear a rosary around my neck?
My knee-jerk response to this was no, because that’s what the good sisters told me in Catholic school thirty years ago. But I did a…
prayers of the rosary
Beads On Call
August 15 is the feast of the Assumption. According to Catholic tradition, at the end of Mary’s earthly life, she was assumed body and soul…
How did the Rosary become associated with Mary?
Question: How did the Rosary become associated with Mary? Since the early days of the Church, Christians have used knotted cords or prayer beads to…
Is the Rosary the most important Catholic prayer? Did it originate with Jesus? Why has Pope John Paul II changed it?
The rosary is not the most important Catholic prayer–that “honor” belongs to the Eucharist–but it has been a popular and widespread devotion among Catholics from…