Our merciful God, as you know, raised up against these most direful enemies ... a struggle, the feast which Gregory XIII. dedicated under the title of "The Holy Rosary." Similarly, important ...

The great battle of Lepanto occurred on October 7th 1571. For this reason this date has been chosen as the feast of the Holy Rosary. In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for ...

Instead of the Tagalog-based "Aba Ginoong Maria," the newly approved text is bannered as "Ave Maria," like in the Latin version.

In Jesus’ day, while the Temple still existed, devout Jews made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to be in the Holy City for Passover, the most important feast of the Jewish year. Passover marked the ...