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PRAYER OF THE POPES
THE ROSARY
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BENEDICT XIV
1740-1758
“… this admirable and truly heavenly instrument, the ROSARY.”
BENEDICT XIII
1724-1730
Mary recommended to St. Dominic the preaching of the ROSARY to the people, giving him to understand that this prayer would be an exceptionally efficacious succor against heresies and vices.
*PRETIOSUS,bull of May 26, 1727
INNOCENT XIII
1721-1724
"The ROSARY had been instituted by St. Dominic to appease the anger of GOD and to implore the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
CLEMENT XI
1700-1721
Clement XI, has decreed that the Blessed Mother of GOD should every year be especially honored in her ROSARY by the whole Church.
*By a Bull of October 3, 1716, Clement XI has directed the observance of the feast of the ROS (October 7) by all Christendom and inscribed it on the universal calendar.
INNOCENT XII
Acknowledged by Pope Leo XIII in his Encyclical Letter “Adiutricem”, 28 to have spread the devotion of the Rosary throughout the countries of the East.
1691-1700