How to pray the rosary with the pope on Saturday

May 29, 2020 Vatican News Nation & World, News

cq5dam.thumbnail.cropped.750.422 — Pope Francis before the icon of Mary, Salus Populi Romani (Vatican Media)

Join Pope Francis in praying the rosary on Saturday, May 30, for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. He is once again urging all of humanity to pray together for divine help.

Beginning at 5:30 p.m. Rome time (11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time), the pope will lead the recitation of the rosary from the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens. Ways to participate are indicated below.

The event takes place under the title: “Devoted with one accord to prayer, together with Mary” (Acts 1:14). It is organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization.

The decades of the rosary will be recited by men and women representing the various categories of people who have been particularly affected by COVID-19. These include a doctor and a nurse; someone who recovered from the illness and someone who lost a loved one to it; a priest, a hospital chaplain, and a nun who is a nurse.

Other participants include a pharmacist, a doctor, and a journalist; an Italian civil protection volunteer; and, a young family who welcomed a baby into the world during the pandemic.

As the Marian month of May draws to a close, Pope Francis is bringing the trials and tribulations of people around the world to the feet of Mary.

Saturday’s recitation of the rosary is “another sign of nearness and consolation for those affected by the coronavirus, in the certainty that our Heavenly Mother never refuses our pleas for protection.”

The event will be broadcast live throughout the world on a host of Vatican channels, with English-language commentary provided.