After three decades of marriage, I finally noticed that our wedding anniversary, May 31, falls on the feast of the Visitation. As a non-Catholic Christian, I wasn’t familiar with the title given to ...

VATICAN CITY -- Putting his personal stamp on a Roman Catholic tradition virtually untouched in 500 years, Pope John Paul II added a new set of meditations to the church’s beloved rosary Wednesday -- ...

Three months before the “Miracle of the Sun” at the exact hour and day foretold, Our Lady told the children of Fatima: “In October I will tell you who I am and what I want, and I will perform a ...

Scores of Catholics and other practicing Christians pray the rosary all year long — and many bestow gifts of rosaries on family and friends for Christmas and other special occasions. What is the ...

For 500 years, devout Roman Catholics have recited the rosary, a mantra-like series of Our Fathers and Hail Marys designed to stimulate meditation on 15 key events or "mysteries" in the lives of Jesus ...