WEST SUSSEX, England — The theft of the gold rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution is a “very tragic loss” for Catholic history, a curator has said. Jan Graffius, the curator of the ...

Drawing from ‘The World’s First Love,’ Bishop Sheen offers timeless counsel on why the Rosary strengthens and sanctifies every soul.

At a youth rosary rally recognizing May as the month dedicated to Mary, Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said that by praying the rosary, "we're repeating little words of love for our Mother." ...

St. Peter’s Square was illuminated by candlelight Saturday night as pilgrims prayed the rosary in a procession in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The rosary procession was part of a Vatican ...

In addition to being a symbol of her unwavering Catholic faith—a serious point of contention with her cousin Queen Elizabeth I, who was working to restore England to Protestantism—the beads are one of ...

A woman holding a rosary attends a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis in the esplanade of the National Shrine in Sastin, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. (Credit: Petr David Josek/AP.) Listen As we ...

Thousands of pilgrims from across the country gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington on Sept. 28 to honor Mary, the Mother of God, and her gift of ...

The golden rosary held by Mary Queen of Scots at her grisly 1587 execution has been stolen from Arundel Castle in England, one of several “irreplaceable” artifacts police say was taken in the recent ...

In the 12th century, St. Bernard spoke of the Blessed Virgin Mary as "The rose of charity, the lily of chastity, the violet of humility and the golden gillyflower of heaven", and, in the 13th, St.

The gold rosary beads carried by Mary Queen of Scots to her execution in 1587 are among historic treasures worth more than 1 million pounds ($1.8 million) stolen in a raid on a castle in the south of ...