THE ROSARY
PRAYER OF THE POPES
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PAUL VI
1963-1978
“The Second Vatican Council recommended the use of the ROSARY to all the sons of the Church, not in express words but in unmistakable fashion in this phrase:
“‘Let them value highly the pious practices and exercises directed to the Blessed Virgin and approved over the centuries by the magisterium’.”
St JOHN XXIII
1958-1963
“The ROSARY is the glory of the Roman Church… It takes its place …after the Mass and the Sacraments.”
“The ROSARY is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.”
“We never fail to recite {the ROSARY} each day in its entirety (15 mysteries) .”
Ven. PIUS XII
1939-1958
“…We put great confidence in the Holy ROSARY for the healing of evils of our times".
“… the most suitable and efficacious means to obtain the help of GOD."
“There is no surer means of calling down God's blessings upon the family . . . than the daily recitation of the ROSARY”….It is above all in the bosom of the family that We desire the custom of the Holy Rosary to be everywhere adopted…”
1922-1939
PIUS XI
"The ROSARY is a powerful weapon to put the demons to flight and to keep oneself from sin”.
“Let not even one day pass without saying it.”
*INGRAVESCENTIBUS MALIS, Encyclical on the Rosary (Sept. 29, 1937)
“If you desire peace in your hearts, in your homes, and in your country, assemble each evening to recite the ROSARY.
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" The prayer of the ROSARY is perfect because of the praises it offers,
the lessons it teaches,
the graces it obtains,
and the victories it achieves."
1914-1922
BENEDICT XV