Pope John XXIII
(1958-1963)

“The Rosary is the glory of the Roman Church…. It takes its place ... after the Mass and the Sacraments.”¹

“The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.”²

“My day must be one long prayer; prayer is the breath of like. I propose to recite all fifteen decades of the Rosary every day, if possible in the chapel before the Blessed Sacrament.”³

“We never fail to recite it {the Rosary} each day in its entirety {mysteries}.”⁴

“We have several times had occasion to urge the clergy and laity to public and private prayer.”⁵

“If you recite the Family Rosary, all united, you shall taste peace.”⁶

Grata Recordatio Encyclical on the Rosary : Prayer for the Church, missions, international and social problems (09/26/59)

1 Msgr J. Cirrincione and T. Nelson, The Rosary and the Crisis in the Faith, Tan Books and Publishers,
2 id.
3 id.
4 Grata Recordatio Encyclical
5 id.
6 The Rosary and the Crisis of Faith

Benedict XIII

Innocent XIII

Clement XI

Benedict XVI

John Paul II

John Paul I

Innocent XII

Paul V

Gregory XIII

Paul VI

UD Rosary

Pius XII

Gregory XII

Julius III

Adrian VI

Pius XI

Benedict XV

St. Pius X

Leo X

Innocent VIII

Sixtus IV

Leo XIII

Gregory XVI

Benedict XIV

Eugene IV

Gregory XI

Benedict XII

Urban IV