In titling this piece “In defense of” I do not mean that either the Rosary or meditation is under attack. I use the word defense as a synonym for justification, to support, or to protect.

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 ...

Pope Adds Fourth Set of Meditations to the Rosary. Changes Launch 25th Year of Pontiff's Reign. October 18, 2002. By Peggy Polk.

The meditations that follow are from Holy Rosary, written in 1931 by St. Josemaría Escrivá. A meditation on the Luminous Mysteries did not appear in Holy Rosary, ...

A new study suggests that the ancient Catholic practice of praying the rosary may offer comparable mental health benefits to Eastern-inspired meditation techniques.