GENAZZANO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of ...

Teresa Rodriguez was working as a hospice nurse, seeing patients at a memory care facility, when she realized that her patients were not being offered any spiritual services. While speaking with a ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — Don’t be surprised if you hear two versions of the local translation of the most popular devotional prayer to the Virgin Mary. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines ...

Inside a chapel in West Bloomfield, about 200 worshippers recited together a series of Hail Mary prayers Wednesday night, led by a Catholic priest kneeling before the altar. "Hail Mary, full of grace, ...