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.

The word “rosary” refers to a set of prayers in the Catholic Church as well as a physical object. While praying the rosary, Catholics use a set of beads or knots to count and keep track of the ...

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.

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

Even today, foreigners in a strange land struggling to understand a different language, can take comfort in saying the Catholic rosary or another bead-prayer method in their faith and native language.

The rosary is a string of beads or knots used by Catholics as they pray a sequence of prayers, but one writer warned they have taken on a far darker meaning in modern times. "Just as the AR-15 ...

But for millions of believers, the beads, which provide an aide-mémoire for a sequence of devotional prayers, are a widely recognized symbol of Catholicism and a source of strength.

The word “rosary” refers to a set of prayers in the Catholic Church as well as a physical object. While praying the rosary , Catholics use a set of beads or knots to count and keep track of ...