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In 1569, the papal bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church. The Christian victory at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 was attributed to the praying of the rosary by masses of Europeans based on the request of Pope Pius V and eventually resulted in a feast day for Our Lady of the Rosary ...
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic programming. It is the largest Catholic television network in America, [1] and is purported to be "the world's largest religious media network", [2] (and according to the network itself) reaching 425 million people in 160 countries, [2] with 11 networks.
A rosary ring is a finger ring with eleven knobs on it, ten round ones and one crucifix, representing one decade of a rosary. These and other kinds of religious rings were especially popular during the 15th and the 16th centuries. [70] Rosary rings are sometimes given to Catholic nuns at the time of their solemn profession. [71]
The nun founded the network, ... nun who founded cable TV religious network, dead at 92 ... passed away on March 27 after a lengthy struggle with the aftereffects of a stroke," the Catholic News ...
The rosary may be prayed anywhere, but as in many other devotions its recitation often involves some sacred space or object, such as an image or statue of the Virgin Mary. [20] Anyone can begin to pray the rosary, but repeated recitations over a period of time result in the acquisition of skills for meditation and contemplation. [21]
In 1961 the Catholic Television Center's studios became the temporary home of educational broadcaster WGBH-TV when that station's studios were destroyed in a fire. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1957 the Catholic Television Center acquired a license to operate its own broadcasting station in Boston on channel 38 in the new UHF range of television channels.
Father Mark-Mary Ames, host of the leading podcast, "The Rosary in a Year," spoke with Fox News Digital at the annual SEEK conference in Washington, D.C. over the weekend.
A religious prayer podcast has beaten President-elect Donald Trump’s ally Joe Rogan to the number-one spot in Apple’s U.S. charts.. The Rosary in a Year (with Fr Mark-Mary Ames) held the ...