By A worldwide rosary, coordinated by the Dicastery for Evangelization, will be prayed at the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens on May 30.
Pope Leo XIV is inviting Catholics around the world to join him in praying a rosary for peace on May 30.
The Holy Father is set to pray the rosary live from the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens at 7 p.m. Rome time. Monsignor Walter R. Rossi, rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., will join Pope Leo in praying the rosary with a simultaneous livestream at 1 p.m. ET, according to a May 22 press release.
Shrines that have joined the initiative, coordinated by the Dicastery for Evangelization, include: the Shrine of the Mother of God (Zarvanytsia, Ukraine); the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (Antipolo, Philippines); the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary (Fátima, Portugal); the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Peace (Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina); the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes (Lourdes, France); the Shrine of St. Charbel Annaya (Byblos, Lebanon); and the Pontifical Shrine of the Holy House (Loreto, Italy).
“As the preeminent Marian shrine and patronal church of the United States, the basilica joins shrines throughout the world in this worldwide rosary with the Holy Father,” according to a statement from the basilica in Washington, D.C. “All are invited to participate in this special moment of unity and prayer for peace throughout the world.”
During his homily at Pentecost, Leo called Catholics to pray to the Holy Spirit to “save us from the evil of war, which is overcome not by a superpower but by the omnipotence of love.”
Leo has issued repeated calls for peace around the world, including the Middle East, Africa, and Ukraine, since the start of his pontificate.
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The Rosary….Catholics, please remember what the present dismaying and dismayed hierarchy in the Vatican does not want to remember: that the day of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, is celebrated because of a Christian victory in war against an implacable enemy superior in strength—a victory achieved because a courageous Pope, a true leader, Pope Saint Pius V, had asked all the Christian fighters TO PRAY THE ROSARY BEFORE THE BATTLE.
This was the great naval battle of Lepanto, October 7 1571 in which the combined fleets of the Papacy, Spain, Venice and other Italian cities (The Holy League, organized by Pope Saint Pius V), defeated the huge naval forces of the Muslim Turks and stopped the Muslim advance in the Mediterranean. This advance had already conquered for Islam the entire Anatolian peninsula (now Turkey, but once a Grek Christian land, a site of many of the triumphs of the Apostle Paul), Greece, the Balkans, and was threatening central Europe.
The victory gave Christians a big respite, though the Muslims would continue their advance by land and besiege Vienna in 1683 (they had already besieged it in 1525 and failed thanks to the great Christian warriors of the time). They would fail again, thanks to the great Catholic warrior, King Jan Sobieski of Poland. See these historical accounts of events that so many Catholics do not know about and that the present CC hides:
The Banners of Lepanto
https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-banners-of-lepanto
Eastern Europe’s ‘Subconscious Fear’ of Islam: The Siege of Vienna
https://www.raymondibrahim.com/07/15/2019/eastern-europes-subconscious-fear-of-islam-the-siege-of-vienna-1683
Humanity is thirsting for justice and peace. Global rosary for peace with Pope Leo XIV is a meaningful spiritual exercise.
Blessed Mother told the children of Fatima that through Prayer and Fasting Wars can be averted and laws of nature can be lessened. The Rosary is our weapon and praying and fasting is our avenues to stop evil. Let’s join together in America to save our Nation and the World. Jesus have MERCY on our NATION and on the WHOLE WORLD.
Amen