Michelangelo finished The Last Judgment 30 years before Pope Pius V instituted the Feast of Our Lady of Victory, renamed two years later by Pope Gregory XIII to the Feast of the Holy Rosary.

The month of October is dedicated to the Most Holy Rosary. But today, on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, we remember the victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. Pope Pius V urged all ...

A close-up of the image of Our Lady of Pompeii inside the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary in Pompeii, Italy. Credit: DyziO/Shutterstock In addition to the 150th anniversary of ...