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‘Hail Mary’ prayer: CBCP introduces ‘alternative’ Filipino version

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has approved an alternative Filipino version of the ‘Hail Mary’ prayer. The new version of the ‘Ave Maria’ was ...
The Boston Globe

Hail Mary, full of grace: Why popes and other Catholics pray to the Virgin Mary

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 ...
National Catholic Register

‘My First Hail Mary in 45 Years’: Rosary Team Brings Prayer to Memory Care Residents

'One that really got to me was I was praying with one resident and she said to me after we were done praying, ‘That’s the first Hail Mary I’ve prayed in 45 years,’' Rodriguez recalled. Teresa ...