Twenty years ago, St. John Paul II published the apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae, adding five Luminous Mysteries to the traditional 15 meditated on in the rosary. The Luminous Mysteries ...

“If properly revitalized, the Rosary is an aid and certainly not a hindrance to ecumenism!” ~ Pope St. John Paul II Remember Tertio millennio adveniente? No worries if you don’t. Not many lay ...

Pope John Paul II has proposed that as the Luminous Mysteries can be seen discursively as following the Joyful Mysteries, meditatively, they should be prayed between them and the sorrowful Mysteries - ...

Scores of Catholics and other practicing Christians pray the rosary all year long — and many bestow gifts of rosaries on family and friends for Christmas and other special occasions. What is the ...

Ever wonder how the Rosary, Mary, and Jesus all connect? Although Marian in character, the Rosary in reality focuses on Mary’s heavenly son, Jesus. According to St. Pope John Paul II, the Rosary “is ...