Pope Francis arrived in a wheelchair and led the opening prayer of a rosary for peace in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome.<\/p>\n
Before him stood the sculpture of the Virgin Mary, the same one that his predecessor, Pope Benedict XV, prayed in front of for the end of World War I.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS A Ukrainian family led the first decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries of the rosary.<\/p>\n Between each mystery, different dramatic moments of the war were remembered as prayer intentions.<\/p>\n We pray for people who have been raped and are missing and for their families and friends so that they do not lose hope.<\/em><\/p>\n In addition to the Ukrainian family, representatives from other countries facing crisis situations, like Syria or Venezuela, also joined the Holy Father in praying the rosary.<\/p>\n Other sanctuaries around the world, such as those in Iraq or Ukraine, also joined in praying for peace.<\/p>\n In the Basilica of St. Mary Major, there were mixed feelings\u2014feelings of pain but also of devotion, recollection and a slight breeze of hope in the face of an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JRB<\/p>\n TR: KG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 31th, 2022. Devotion, pain and recollection in worldwide rosary for peace led by Pope Francis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/w8TJtUNSP_o","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brosarioeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/brosarioint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Reconcile hearts that are full of violence and vengeance. BROLL May your peace endure over all the earth. Amen.<\/em><\/p>\n