The Pope's rosary for peace, in conjunction with pilgrimage sites around the world.

VATICAN – Pope Francis will recite the Marian prayer in the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes within the Vatican Gardens next Saturday, May 30th, at 7:00 PM. Many significant pilgrimage sites have invited the faithful and pilgrims to join this initiative, which is organized by the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Vatican News

At the conclusion of the Marian month of May, Pope Francis invites everyone to pray for peace. To his call have joined the most significant pilgrimage sites around the world. The Pope will pray on Saturday, May 30th, at 7:00 PM at the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens. The Holy Father prayed for the gift of peace during the vigil on April 11th in St. Peter's Basilica and encourages the faithful to pray for this intention on every occasion.

World Pilgrimage Sites

As we read in a note from the Dicastery for Evangelization—which supports this initiative through the Section for Basic Questions of Evangelization in the World—many pilgrimage sites will involve pilgrims and the faithful in reciting the Marian prayer in connection with the Pope. The prayer for peace has already been joined by the Pilgrimage Site of the Mother of God (in Zarvanytsia, Ukraine); the International Pilgrimage Site of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage (in Antipolo, Philippines); the Pilgrimage Site of Our Lady of the Rosary (in Fatima, Portugal); the Pilgrimage Site of Our Lady, Queen of Peace (in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina); the Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes (in the eponymous town in the Pyrenees, France); the Pilgrimage Site of St. Charbel Annaya (in Byblos, Lebanon); and the Papal Pilgrimage Site of the Holy House (in Loreto, Italy).