Many Catholics recall similar vigils held in St. Peter’s Square when Pope John Paul II was hospitalized in the final days of his papacy in 2005. Today, as Pope Francis battles health concerns, the ...

or: Mary, mother of grace, mother of mercy, shield me from the enemy and receive me at the hour of my death. Amen. At the end of the Rosary any suitable prayers may be said, though the following ...

The Virgin Mary and her rosary saved my life ... He’s not offended when people pray the rosary and crown his mother with spiritual roses. Those who insult his mother he places at the back ...

Given to me by my mother when I was five, the rosary means the devotion to Christ and Mary. History indicates that it was created in the thirteenth century, by the Catholic Church, at the times of ...

led Thursday night’s rosary. “We gather in prayer for the health of the Holy Father Francis with Mary, Mother of the Church and of Good Counsel,” he said in his opening prayer.