By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
MIAMI | Faithful throughout the Archdiocese of Miami can join Archbishop Thomas Wenski in praying the rosary May 28, 2020 at 4 p.m. via the Ascension Press Facebook page. Click here for the link.
In addition, Pope Francis will lead the recitation of the Rosary on Saturday, May 30, at 5:30 p.m. Rome time (11:30 a.m. Miami time). The prayer will be broadcast live to the world from the Grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens.
In doing so, Pope Francis will be joining the Marian Shrines of the world which, due to the health emergency, have had to interrupt their normal activities and pilgrimages. The largest sanctuaries of the five continents will be connected online. These include Lourdes, Fatima, Lujan, Milagro, Guadalupe, San Giovanni Rotondo and Pompeii.
The event in being organized by the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, which has given dozens of rosaries to families and individuals who represent the areas most involved and most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. These include doctors and nurses, recovered patients and people who have suffered a loss, a hospital chaplain, a pharmacist and a journalist, a Civil Defense volunteer with his family, and a family who welcomed their newest member into the world during this difficult time.
They will all be present to express hope as the pope once again joins humanity in prayer, to ask the Virgin Mary for help amid the pandemic.
