(i.e., 72) The Glory Be and The Fatima Prayer may be included in between decades if you wish but it’s not required in the case of the Crown Rosary. Alternatively, one can start at the mysteries ...

"When one refers to the rosary" — meaning the prayer itself, which is sometimes capitalized — "it is usually understood to mean five decades, or one fourth of the entire rosary," the site says.

Father Raymond takes us on a route that goes decade by decade through all four Mysteries of the Rosary. Each Mystery begins with an overview. Then comes a short Scriptural passage associated with ...

For Catholics, the rosary consists of reciting one “Our father” and ten “Hail Mary” prayers, five times over — starting each “decade” with a brief meditation on different mysteries ...