The Jesus Prayer is certainly familiar to Latin Catholics, but for Eastern Christians it’s the essential staple of private prayer. The closest thing in the West would be the triptych of Our ...

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.

Many at the time credited this win of Christianity over Islam to the intercession of Mary, as Pope Pius V had urged people to pray the Rosary on behalf of the Christian forces.

4. The Church hasn’t condemned centering prayer. In 1989, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) issued “Letter to the Catholic Bishops on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation.” ...

To pray the rosary, a person will begin by holding the crucifix, make a sign of the cross over their chest and recite the Apostles’ Creed, which lays out the basics of Christian faith – such ...

All Christians are called to the kind of interior prayer that allows an experience of closeness with God and recognition of his action in our lives. We can compare the Rosary to playing the guitar.

I do not have time to go to the church’s rosary for peace in Ukraine, but I go anyway. I have to do something, even though I feel like my small gesture will amount to nothing.

Repetitive prayer is a common thread across many faiths. For Catholics, the rosary involves reciting the "Our Father" once ...

The rosary, one of the most recognizable symbols of Christianity, has deep historical roots. Dating back to the Middle Ages ...

This rosary was one of the inspirations behind my book project: Reinventing the Rosary: Innovation and Catholic Prayer. While the rosary is an iconic Catholic object — typically made of a crucifix and ...

Actually, what faithful Christians do when they pray varies widely across the centuries and across the boundaries of traditions. I’m convinced that God wants all kinds of people to grow in prayer.