In both Orthodoxy and Catholicism, today -- August 15 -- is the feast of the transition of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, into eternal life. Catholics call it the Assumption, because they believe ...

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It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. The Virgin Mary allegedly appeared to three Portuguese children in 1917, when much of the world was ...

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 ...

Gloria Renaldo keeps a long strand of brown beads in her pants pocket. Affixed to the bottom of the loop is a cross. This is not a cross she wears, but rather a rosary that she keeps with her to help ...

The prayer beads made by Atonement Lutheran Church in St. Cloud are created from donated supplies Other religions also use prayer beads but Catholics often use prayer beads to recite the rosary ...

As an adult praying the Rosary, Sandra Rosetter knew from experience that focusing on a Scripture verse or reference for each bead kept her mind from wandering, helping the prayers to became more ...

Dozens of women gathered Tuesday night at Christ United Methodist Church in Chattanooga to make prayer beads and learn how to use them. Unlike their Catholic or Greek counterparts, the bead strings ...

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