Hail Mary and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.<br> Holy Mary, Mother of God,<br> pray for us sinners<br> now and at the hour of our death.<br> Amen.<br> The Hail Mary is the central part of the Angelus, a devotion generally recited thrice daily by many Catholics, as well as broad & high church Anglicans, and Lutherans who usually omit the second half. The Hail Mary is an essential element of the Rosary, a prayer method in use especially among Roman Rite (Western) Catholics. The Eastern Catholic Churches say a similar version. The Rosary consists traditionally of three sets of five
History of the Catholic Church and homosexuality and Matthew Clark of Rochester, New York were criticized for their association with New Ways Ministry, and their distortion of the theological concept of the "Primacy of Conscience" as an alternative to the actual teaching of the Catholic Church. In 2013, members of the Rainbow Sash Movement in Illinois planned to hold a prayer service in a cathedral for legalization of same-sex marriage, an initiative that Bishop Paprocki of Springfield called blasphemous. History of the Catholic Church and homosexuality The Christian tradition has generally proscribed any and all noncoital genital activities, whether engaged in by couples or individuals, regardless of