SCRANTON — Widely recognized for his catchphrase, “the family that prays together, stays together,” the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message across the world emphasizing prayer and ...

SCRANTON – Recognized widely for his catchphrase — “the family that prays together stays together” — the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message across the world emphasizing prayer… ...

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 ...

Even today, foreigners in a strange land struggling to understand a different language, can take comfort in saying the Catholic rosary or another bead-prayer method in their faith and native language.

October is regarded as the "month of the rosary," a prayer that allows believers to contemplate the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. A Catholic priest in South Carolina shared insights.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have gathered to offer prayers for his recovery. St. Peter’s Basilica and the Gemelli hospital, where ...

Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, the archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica, led a rosary prayer for the late Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at sunset on Monday evening.

Jansen points to the need for rest in order to heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The Rosary, he says, is a way of entering into a place of rest by way of reciting repetitive prayers.

Rosary beads are used to express Catholic identity and as an instrument of prayer, but they’ve been appropriated as a fashion statement.

During the month of October, Catholics pray the rosary more frequently and more solemnly than usual. History has it that at the verge of the conquest of Europe by the Ottoman Empire in 1570; the ...