Under Her Mercy

This weekend, as part of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, Catholic pilgrims will gather in Rome to celebrate Marian devotion. They will pass through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s and visit the Basilica of Mary Major, the world’s largest church dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the oldest Marian church in Rome. They will venerate the original statue of Our Lady of Fátima, which will be on display in the Church of Santa Maria in Transpontina, and pray the rosary before it. On Saturday evening, they will follow the statue’s procession to St. Peter’s Square, where Pope Leo will preside over a prayer vigil for peace. “I invite everyone, each day of the coming month, to pray the rosary for peace—personally in the family, and in the community,” Leo said before the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality.