In many Catholic families ... At the end of the Rosary any suitable prayers may be said, though the following are the most common: the Hail Holy Queen (p. 470-471) followed by the prayer O ...

Praying the Rosary is certainly a spiritual aid in finding ... us to the understanding and life of faith" ( Catechism of the Catholic Church , n. 171). This is also what praying the Rosary does.

Thousands of faithful have gathered, praying the rosary, a centuries-old devotion central to Catholic practice. Dating back to the Middle Ages and gaining widespread popularity in the 16th century ...

The pope’s words emphasized his humility and belief that simple acts of devotion could unite the church. His illness has made ...

as he led thousands of people praying the rosary for the pope March 10 in St. Peter’s Square. “It is not only Christians who ...

On its website on Monday the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops invited the faithful to join in “praying the Rosary for Pope Francis.” The bishops included instructions on how to pray the ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

On his 21st day in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis recorded a 27-second audio message thanking people for their prayers ...

The St. Michael’s Youth Rosary group meets during the school year at the Pope Francis Parish Center at 345 43rd Street, ...

(AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Nuns have a group photo taken at the end of a prayer for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ...