As soon as the lights dimmed for the start of the show in the tiny Vatican movie theater, the crack of beer cans being opened joined the quieter crunch of popcorn.
After all, when there is a private showing of "The Greatest Beer
Praying the rosary for the conversion of sinners is "an act of compassion and love," speaker David Carollo told the crowd gathered for the National Rosary Rally in Washington Oct. 9.
"Praying for conversion is the duty of every believer," he said. "We
A reader asks,: “As Catholics, we are all aware of a priest’s vow of poverty. However, are there limits to how the Church defines it and also its limits? For example, many priests live communally, but are they actually paid a salary?
On Aug. 14, the vigil of the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Atlantic published an article originally titled, “How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol.” Now titled “How Extremist Gun Culture Is Trying to Co-Opt the Rosary,”
Managing editor Scott Warden shares how his prayer plans for the month of May didn’t go as he’d intended: “In October (the month of the Rosary) and in May (the month dedicated to Mary), we try to pray a family Rosary at
After setting white flowers at a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, Pope Francis prayed the rosary and asked Mary to intercede to bring peace to Ukraine and to every place in the world torn by violent conflict.
Pope Francis usually ends the
Pope Francis and Ukrainian families in Rome will gather May 31 before a statue of Mary, Queen of Peace, to recite the rosary for peace in Ukraine and in other places at war.
Pope Benedict XV had the statue placed in Rome's Basilica
Pauline Sister Nancy Usselmann, director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies, writes about a recent experience bringing together her local community to pray a living Rosary, where each person represents a bead on a rosary and says their prayer aloud. Sister
In her latest Openers column, associate editor Ava Lalor gives an update on how her Lent has been going. About midway through Lent, a couple conversations helped her to realize that she wanted something more out of the season. While she had
A reader asks: “What is your view on the time needed to reverently pray the Rosary? Can one say a couple of decades in the morning and finish that evening if time is a factor? The Rosary always seems to be in