Approximately 22,000 people gathered on Nov. 5 in the León city stadium in Guanajuato state in Mexico to participate in the traditional “living rosary,” an expression of faith in search of peace.

The research shows that praying the Rosary correlated positively with reduced depression and increased optimism about the future. And higher levels of Rosary prayer correlated with increased empathy.

Now that his condition is stable, about 20 people, mostly in their 70s, continue to pray online the Rosary and other devotions nightly, she said. They use a free, fully encrypted open-source platform.

The Government Delegation in Madrid mobilized approximately 20 riot police officers to prevent about 10 young people from praying the rosary. Wednesday, July 09, 2025. A service of EWTN News.

Gloria Theresa Jones needed to join in the rosary with her friends' family before they could watch television in the 1950s.