Editing Rosary (section)

==Papal endorsements==
During the 16th century, [[Pope Pius V]] associated the rosary with the [[General Roman Calendar]] by instituting the Feast of Our Lady of Victory (later changed to [[Our Lady of the Rosary]]), which is celebrated on 7 October.<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13189a.htm Thurston, Herbert. "Feast of the Holy Rosary." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912 {{PD-notice}}</ref>

Pope [[Leo XIII]] issued twelve [[encyclicals]] and five [[Ecclesiastical letter|apostolic letters]] concerning the rosary and added the invocation "''Queen of the Most Holy Rosary"'' to the Litany of Loreto. Leo XIII explained the importance of the Rosary as the one road to God from the faithful to the mother and from her to Christ, and through Christ to the Father, and that the Rosary was a vital means to participate with the life of Mary and to find the way to Christ.<ref name="autogenerated3" /> Leo instituted the custom of praying the Rosary daily during the month of October.<ref>Lauretanische Litanei, Marienlexikon, Eos, St. Ottilien, 1988, p. 41{{ISBN?}}</ref>

The Rosary as a family prayer was endorsed by [[Pope Pius XII]] in his encyclical ''[[Ingruentium malorum]]'': "In vain is a remedy sought for the wavering fate of civil life, if the family, the principle and foundation of the human community, is not fashioned after the pattern of the [[Gospel]]...We affirm that the custom of the family recitation of the Holy Rosary is a most efficacious means."<ref>''Ingruentium malorum,'' Nos. 12, 13</ref> Pope Pius XII and his successors actively promoted veneration of the Virgin in [[Lourdes]] and [[Fátima, Portugal|Fatima]], which is credited with a new resurgence of the Rosary within the Catholic Church.<ref name=Rosenkranz/>

[[Pope John XXIII]] deemed the Rosary of such importance that on 28 April 1962, he issued an [[Ecclesiastical letter#Letters of the popes in modern times|apostolic letter]] where he appealed for recitation of the Rosary in preparation for the [[Second Vatican Council]].<ref name="Oecumenicum Concilium (1962)">{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/apost_letters/1962.index.html|author=[[Pope John XXIII]]|title=Oecumenicum Concilium|date=28 April 1962|website=The Holy See}}</ref>

[[Pope John Paul II]] issued the apostolic letter ''[[Rosarium Virginis Mariae]]'' which emphasized the Christocentric nature of the Rosary as a meditation on the life of Christ. He said: "Through the Rosary the faithful receive abundant grace, as by the hands of the Mother of the Redeemer."<ref name="JPII">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae.html|title=Rosarium Virginis Mariae on the Most Holy Rosary (October 16, 2002) {{!}} John Paul II|website=w2.vatican.va|access-date=2019-08-29}}</ref>

On 3 May 2008, [[Pope Benedict XVI]] stated that the Rosary was experiencing a new springtime: "It is one of the most eloquent signs of love that the young generation nourish for Jesus and his Mother."<ref name="autogenerated5">ihmhermitage.stblogs.com/2008/05/15/benedict-xvi-on-the-rosary/</ref>

The [[Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments|Congregation for Divine Worship]]'s directory of popular piety and the liturgy emphasizes the Christian meditation/meditative aspects of the rosary, and states that the Rosary is essentially a contemplative prayer which requires "tranquility of rhythm or even a mental lingering which encourages the faithful to meditate on the mysteries of the Lord's life."<ref name=pietydiretory>[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccdds/documents/rc_con_ccdds_doc_20020513_vers-direttorio_en.html ''Directory of popular piety and the liturgy'', §197, Congregation of Divine Worship, Vatican, 2001],</ref>

===Indulgence===
The ''[[Enchiridion Indulgentiarum]]'' of 2004 confirmed the partial indulgence for the Prayer to Saint Joseph. For the Marian Rosary he provided for plenary indulgence on condition that it is piously recited in a church or oratory (even alone), in a family, religious community, association of Christ's faithful or, more generally, in a meeting of a plurality of people who come together honourable for this purpose.<ref>''[[Enchiridion Indulgentiarum]]'', ''Concessiones'', n°. 17, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 4th edition, 2004, p. 62. {{ISBN|88-209-2785-3}}. [[Latin language|Latin]] quote: Plenaria indulgentia conceditur christifideli qui Rosarium mariale pie recitaverit in ecclesia aut oratorio, vel in familia, in religiosa Communitate, in christifidelium consociatione et generatim cum plures ad aliquem honestum finem conveniunt."</ref>

===Rosary encyclicals and Apostolic Letters===
* ''[[Consueverunt Romani Pontifices]]'' – Pius V 
* [[List of encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII on the Rosary]]
* ''Ingravescentibus Malis'' – Pius XI
* ''[[Ingruentium malorum]]'' – Pius XII
* ''[[Grata recordatio]]'' – John XXIII
* ''[[Christi Matri]]'' – Paul VI
* ''[[Rosarium Virginis Mariae]]'' – John Paul II