Join a worldwide Rosary for Pope Francis beginning at 9pm Rome time (8pm London, 3pm Eastern US, noon Pacific US, 7am Sydney, 4am Manila) — less than half an hour from now. If you’ve forgotten how to pray it, here’s a link to a printable guide we designed a couple of years ago.
You can certainly pray on your own, but there’s an EWTN link to the broadcast on YouTube here.
Vatican News reporter Deborah Castellano Lubov writes:
The Vatican announced an evening rosary for the Holy Father’s health, starting Monday, in St. Peter’s Square.
The Holy See Press Office released a statement announcing that “starting this evening, the Cardinals residing in Rome, along with all collaborators of the Roman Curia and the Diocese of Rome, responding to the sentiments of the people of God, will gather in St. Peter’s Square at 9:00 PM to recite the Holy Rosary for the health of the Holy Father.”
“Today’s prayer,” he noted, “will be led by His Eminence Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin.”
There has been a tremendous outpouring of prayer for Pope Francis’ recovery from around the world, and in the Holy Father’s Angelus address, which he chose to have published and distributed on Sunday, he thanked everyone for their prayers for him.
On Sunday afternoon, the Vicar General of Rome, Cardinal Baldassare Reina, celebrated a special Mass for the Pope’s recovery at the Papal Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, and the President of Italy’s Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Matteo Maria Zuppi, later that evening, led a rosary at the Basilica of San Domenico in Bologna for the same intention.
The prayer service in St. Peter’s Square will be broadcast live on Vatican News’ website and social media channels.
Mike Lewis is the founding managing editor of Where Peter Is. In addition to his work for the site, his writing has appeared in America Magazine, National Catholic Reporter, US Catholic, The Irish Catholic, Catholic Outlook, The Synodal Times, and other Catholic publications. He has been quoted in The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, The New York Post, and other mainstream outlets on Catholic affairs. He previously co-hosted the Field Hospital podcast with Jeannie Gaffigan and The Debrief podcast. Before founding Where Peter Is, he worked in communications at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Climate Covenant. He is married with four children.
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