Rosary beads are not jewelry or decoration. They are not meant to be used as a necklace or as a car decoration. They are meant to be used to pray the holy rosary. This is a wonderful devotion that ...

Here's how to understand the rosary, a Catholic prayer tradition practiced by millions of faithful worldwide — including the beads, the link to Mother Mary and the meaning behind the prayer aid.

Chu Fink sells handmade rosaries at a sale to benefit the rosary makers group at St. Anne Catholic Church, 1901 Maryland Parkway, May 3, 2015.

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.

Prayer beads as physical counting tools are quite common in several religions, including Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The exact origins of the rosary are debated.

PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR THE FAMILY REFLECTION BY CARD. ALFONSO LÓPEZ TRUJILLO The Rosary as Family Prayer In the recent Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae , the Holy Father John Paul II ...

Rosary beads are devotional objects commonly used by Catholics and Anglicans as instruments of prayer. Cameron Celeste, a 24-year-old University of Florida student from Lake Mary, Florida ...

Celtics Joe Mazzulla’s prayer routine includes rosary beads made from a piece of old Garden floor "Obviously there's a religious component there, but like, it's made from the wood." ...

The Jesus Prayer is so short that you can easily pray ten decades in the time it takes to pray five regular rosary decades. (The number of decades isn’t the point. You can pray as many or as few ...

At the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of the Rosary in New Jersey, there's a continuing conversation around technology, life and religion. Sister Mary Catharine hears a lot about it, particularly ...

Prayer beads as physical counting tools are quite common in several religions, including Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The exact origins of the rosary are debated.