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The Kingly Mysteries April 03, 2025
Every third mystery of the Rosary — from the Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious — reveals Jesus Christ’s identity as king and the establishment of his heavenly kingdom. The Joyful mysteries focus on Christ’s incarnation, birth and childhood: bu...
Mid-Lent and Midlife April 02, 2025
Maybe the problem of my middle-age plateau is spiritual, then? But I’m doing all the “right” things—praying, weekly Mass and Holy Hours, daily Rosary, almsgiving, giving God His due—and still not progressing in any discernable degree of holiness. Sho...
'Rosary' Beats Rogan: Is Faith-Based Media Becoming Mainstream? January 09, 2025
The number one podcast in the world to start off the new year doesn’t belong to Joe Rogan.It doesn’t belong to Alex Cooper, Mel Robbins, or anyone from the Kelce clan. It belongs to Father Mark-Mary Ames of Ascension Press. Or, really, as he told Fox...
The Realness of the Rosary October 07, 2024
The Mysteries of the Rosary upon which we meditate work to re-tether us to a reality that we are so often detached from in our modernist, post-Christian, hyper-worldly society. Everything in our culture, from food to movies to politicians and even Ch...
A Weapon Against Yourself July 30, 2024
Only later on, when I was looking back on the incident, did I realize that I had used Rosary as a weapon, not against any external force, but against myself. And I think this is ultimately what the saints of the past eight centuries have meant when t...
Spain: Peaceful Protesters Fined for Praying the Rosary May 20, 2024
The Spanish government has been accused of violating basic religious rights after a group of peaceful protesters were fined for praying the rosary outside a church near the headquarters of the governing Socialist Party.Spain’s Observatory for Religio...
Grayer About the Sleeves May 10, 2024
Many years ago, when I was a novice and my habit was still dazzlingly white, I said to one of the older sisters, “I think we should all get wimples.” She replied, “That’s because you have no idea what you’re talking about.” I was a little surprised b...
The ‘Anti-Catholic Memo’ That Wasn’t May 08, 2024
When investigators in Henrico County, Virginia searched twenty-three-year-old Xavier Lopez’s bedroom, they photographed a large Nazi flag hanging vertically on the wall, with a crucifix and rosary fastened above the swastika. But that wasn’t what pro...
Why the Rosary Is Central to Catholic Faith November 02, 2022
Rosaries are meant to be used wherever, whenever -- and each one tells a story....
The Blessed Virgin Mary: Extremist August 17, 2022
The Atlantic slurred the Rosary as a hate symbol on the Feast of the Assumption....
How Extremist Gun Culture Is Trying to Co-Opt the Rosary August 16, 2022
Why are sacramental beads suddenly showing up next to AR-15s online?...
The Atlantic: Rosaries Are Worse Than Firebombings August 16, 2022
Somebody ought to tell Atlantic readers that firebombings and assassination attempts are worse than the Rosary....
'I Always Pray With a Rosary': Biden's Pilgrimage to Bethlehem July 22, 2022
One part of President Joe Biden's ultra-publicized trip to the Middle East took place in private, away from the eyes of any of the journalists who accompanied him on the five-day visit....
New Poll Sheds Light on What Catholics Believe February 26, 2020
A poll released Monday provides new insight into the religious practices, beliefs, and other demographic trends of U.S. Catholics.Only a small majority of Catholics in the U.S., 56%, say they accept most of what the Church teaches, according to the p...
The Faith of the Top Democratic Presidential Candidates February 24, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY — Joe Biden says the rosary. Sen. Elizabeth Warren quotes the Bible. Sen. Amy Klobuchar attends Senate prayer breakfasts. And Sen. Bernie Sanders says Judaism inspired his political beliefs.For a party often accused of being anti-relig...
PA Rep. Harasses Pro-Life Protester Praying Rosary May 07, 2019
This is a column about a politician who is as passionate in his support for abortion rights as I am in my opposition to abortion.A few days ago, State Rep. Brian Sims, who represents parts of Center City, filmed video of himself engaging with a woman...
In Defense of the Rosary and Meditation March 21, 2018
In titling this piece “In defense of” I do not mean that either the Rosary or meditation is under attack. I use the word defense as a synonym for justification, to support, or to protect.For many years I have observed a morning ritual that starts wit...
