What is the rosary? Why a set of beads and prayers are central to Catholic faith
- Written by Kayla Harris, Librarian/Archivist at the Marian Library and Associate Professor, University of Dayton

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 engulfed in World War I. Over a series of six...