Sergi and Mar\u00eda are a young Spanish couple. They had already taken part in Pope Leo XIV\u2019s prayer vigil in Barcelona, but their next encounter with the pope would be unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They had not initially planned to go to Montserrat, but they were persuaded to go in the end. Here you can see them just minutes before the popemobile passed by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then the unexpected happened. Sergi wanted to hand his rosary to the pope for a blessing. But Leo XIV thought it was a gift for him and ended up keeping it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SERGI MASOLIVER AND MAR\u00cdA SERRA<\/strong> But an even bigger surprise was in store fro the couple. The Pope had gone to the Abbey of Our Lady of Montserrat to pray the Rosary\u2014and the rosary beads he used? They were the same ones in his pocket from Sergi and Maria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SERGI MASOLIVER AND MAR\u00cdA SERRA<\/strong> Still, the story does not end there. Pope Leo stayed for lunch at the abbey, so Sergi and Maria waited vigilantly for him outside<\/p>\n\n\n\n SERGI MASOLIVER AND MAR\u00cdA SERRA<\/strong> They tried, and this is what happened...<\/p>\n\n\n\n Holy Father. Throw it, throw it. Thank you<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mission successful. But these rosary beads have seen more than the pope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SERGI MASOLIVER AND MAR\u00cdA SERRA<\/strong> As for the rosary beads, the couple have big plans for them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n SERGI MASOLIVER AND MAR\u00cdA SERRA<\/strong> Whether Pope Leo wants them back or not, the rosary beads will be in good hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sergi and Mar\u00eda are a young Spanish couple. They had already taken part in Pope Leo XIV\u2019s prayer vigil in Barcelona, but their next encounter with the pope would be unique. They had not initially planned to go to Montserrat, but they were persuaded to go in the end. Here you can see them just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":91426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/aFjk-MbuMmM","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91407"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91407"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91411,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91407\/revisions\/91411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Young Catholic couple
And that\u2019s when he took it, and of course we were delighted. We didn\u2019t really understand what was happening, but we were absolutely thrilled. Then we saw him put it in his pocket, and that was when we said, \u201cWow! He didn\u2019t hand it over, he didn\u2019t give it to a cardinal or a secretary\u2014he kept it himself.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Young Catholic couple
At first, the Rosary had already begun and we hadn\u2019t even thought about it. It was about halfway through the first Mystery when we said, \u201cHey! That\u2019s the rosary we gave him,\u201d you know? Then the cameras zoomed in on it. Obviously you recognize your own rosary, and it was like...what a privilege! The Pope is praying with our rosary.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Young Catholic couple
We hoped he might pass in front of us and that we could ask him something, maybe some advice for engaged couples or something like that. Just three seconds with him. But in the end we thought, \u201cThat\u2019s probably impossible, so let\u2019s ask for something simpler.\u201d Then we thought, \u201cWhat if we ask for the rosary back, now that he has prayed with it?\u201d So we considered asking for it back, but we weren\u2019t sure: should we ask or not? Would he keep it or not? In the end we thought, \u201cWell, let\u2019s give it a try.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Young Catholic couple
This rosary was bought in Medjugorje. And when I went to the Holy Land, it also went through the Garden of Olives and the Basilica of the Resurrection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Young Catholic couple
If we get a call from the Vatican saying that the Pope wants it back, we\u2019ll go to the Vatican and return it to him in person, with an audience with the Pope. But if that doesn\u2019t happen, then we are going to use it to pray together every day, one hundred percent, for the Pope\u2019s intentions, for the fruits of the visit, and for our family and friends.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n