Pope: Pray Rosary in May to end pandemic submitted by Marian Casillas, Ed.D.



During the month of May daily rosaries will be prayed at Catholic shrines around the world for the intention of an end to the coronavirus pandemic.


The 30 Marian shrines participating in the daily Rosary:


1)                         Basilica Vaticana Madonna del Soccorso in Italy

2)                        Our Lady of Walsingham in England

3)                        The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in the United States

4)                        Our Lady of CzÄ™stochowa in Poland

5)         The Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in South Korea

6)                        Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil

7)         Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in the Philippines

8)                       Our Lady of Knock in Ireland

9)                        The Virgin of the Poor at Banneux in Belgium

10)                 Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algeria

11)                   Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima in Portugal

12)                  Our Lady of Health in India

13)                  The Holy House of Loreto in Italy

14)                   Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei

15)                  Jesus the Saviour and Mother Mary in Nigeria

16)                  The Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth

17)                  Our Lady of Lujan in Argentina

18)                 Our Lady Queen of Peace at Medjugorje in Bosnia

19)                  St. Mary’s Cathedral in Australia

20)               Our Lady of Lourdes in France

21)                  Meryem Ana in Turkey

22)                Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre in Cuba

23)                Our Lady of Nagasaki in Japan

24)                Nuestra Señora de Montserrat in Spain

25)                 Notre Dame du Cap in Canada

26)                The National Shrine Our Lady Ta’ Pinu in Malta

27)                 Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Mexico

28)                Mother of God in Zarvantysia in Ukraine

29)                Altötting in Germany

30)               Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa in Lebanon


A liturgical guide, available in EnglishSpanish, and Italian, can be downloaded from the website of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization.