It is a rosary, held by him and dramatically wrapped ... baby alongside the images of the child and later the adult, all versions of her beloved child treasured within the deepest chambers of ...

"I always understood [the rosary] as a ‘home version’ of the 150-psalm Psalter that monks recited daily," said Zelonis. "The repeated Hail Mary serves as a backdrop for our personal meditation ...

The institute was once a bustling campus that began as a vocational school for Black girls in 1913 and grew into a national ...

The world's largest rotary is located at a shrine in Holliston, Massachusetts, consisting of 60 large boulders connected by ...

But it would be a mistake to cede the rosary to rad-trads. I think I'll pray a decade or two about that. A version of this story appeared in the Sept 2-15, 2022 print issue under the headline ...

There's a Catholic shrine in Holliston, Massachusetts that has a rosary so large it's actually made of boulders and chains.

My first rosary (which came in a plastic case embossed ... the string-and-wooden rosaries hold up much better than the metal versions, which tend to pull apart.) But, as I’ve said, I’ve ...

Holy Rosary Church, a 103-year-old Catholic church ... Despite its age, it’s the newer version of a predecessor where famed crooner Bing Crosby’s parents were married. The Gothic Revival ...

In many of the Marian Apparitions all over the world, the Blessed Virgin Mary often emphasized the importance of praying the rosary. On May 13, 1917, in the village of Fatima, Portugal ...

Over a series of six appearances, Mary emphasized to these young shepherds that to bring peace, they should pray the rosary every day. Devotion to the rosary already had a centuries-old history ...

Just as the AR-15 rifle has become a sacred object for Christian nationalists in general, the rosary has acquired a militaristic meaning for radical-traditional (or “rad trad”) Catholics.

An American Airlines flight to Miami was forced to turn around when a manic passenger — who was convinced that demonic spirits followed him onto the plane — swallowed rosary beads and ...