"I began to recite the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary every day"

When he was still a bishop, Pope Francis joined a group that prayed the Rosary with St. John Paul II:

"I prayed with the faithful. We all belonged to God. Our representative leader was guiding us. I felt that this man, who had been chosen to be lead the Church, was following a path that had been destined for him since he was a child. That’s when I understood the importance of Mary in the life of the Pope. The Blessed Mother was present at his side at every moment, and he never ceased to cherish her. From that day on, I began to recite the fifteen mysteries of the Rosary every day."

The Rosary brings us together around Jesus and Mary and also unites us to all the faithful in the world, as if we were only one great army led by the Pope.

Aleteia