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PRAYER OF THE POPES
THE ROSARY
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St PIUS X
1903-1914
" The ROSARY is the most beautiful and the richest of all prayers to the Mediatrix of all Grace.”
“It is the prayer that touches most the heart of the Mother of GOD.”
“Say it each day!”
LEO XIII
1878-1903
“There is no more excellent way of praying."
“It is the remedy for all our evils, the root of all our blessings…”
* 1.SUPREMI APOSTOLATUS OFFICIO, Encyclical on Devotion of the Rosary (Sept. 1, 1883)
2.SUPERIORE ANNO, Encyclical Letter on the Recitation of the Rosary (Aug. 30, 1884)
3.VI È BEN NOTO, Encyclical on the Rosary and Public Life (Sept. 20, 1887)
4.OCTOBRI MENSE, Encyclical on the Rosary (Sept. 22, 1891)
5.MAGNÆ DEI MATRIS, Encyclical Letter on the Rosary (Sept. 8, 1892)
6.LAETITIÆ SANCTÆ, Encyclical Letter Commending Devotion to the Rosary (Sept. 8, 1893)
7.IUCUNDA SEMPER EXPECTATIONE, Encyclical Letter on the Rosary, Sept. 8, 1894)
8.ADIUTRICEM , Encyclical Letter on the Rosary (Sept. 5, 1895)
9.FIDENTEM PIUMQUE ANIMUM, Encyclical on the Rosary ( Sept. 20, 1896)
10.AUGUSTISSIMÆ VIRGINIS MARIÆ, Encyclical on the Confraternity of the Holy Rosary (Sept. 12, 1897)
11.DIUTURNI TEMPORIS, Encyclical Letter on the Rosary (Sept. 5, 1898)
“And that old custom of our forefathers ought to be preserved or else restored, according to which Christian families assemble before a figure of Our Lady and alternately recite the ROSARY.”
Ven. PIUS IX
1846-1878
“Give me an Army saying the ROSARY and I will conquer the World!”
"Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy ROSARY."
"Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy ROSARY."
* Apostolic Letter EGREGIIS SUIS (1869)
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GREGORY XVI
“The ROSARY is a miraculous mean; the most capable one amongst other means, to destroy sin and regain Divine Grace.”
1831-1846