The month of May is dedicated to Our Lady and is the cause of great celebration in the Vatican. Hundreds of pilgrims join a candlelight rosary procession on Saturdays, May 18 and 25 at 9:00 pm.
May will close with a celebration dedicated to Mary. On the 31st, people will pray the rosary in procession to the replica of the grotto of Lourdes in the Vatican Gardens.
This is a Vatican tradition for the month. In May 2021, the Pope prayed before Our Lady Undoer of Knots in the Vatican Gardens.
POPE FRANCIS
Tonight, we gather before you, Our Virgin Mother, venerated in this image as she who unties knots. Indeed, there are many knots that bind our existence and govern our activities. They are knots of selfishness and indiference, economic and social knots, knots of violence and war.
Throughout the month, St. Peter's Basilica will open its doors to pilgrims on Wednesdays at 4:00 p.m. for a procession to the Marian images inside the Basilica.
On May 20, the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, the morning Eucharistic celebrations will take place at the altar of Mater Ecclesiae.
PA
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