the fatima prayer became part of the rosary in the sixteenth century.
the fatima prayer became part of the rosary in the sixteenth century.
when did the fatima prayer become part of the rosary?
the sixteenth century
from the 16th to the early 20th century, the structure of the rosary remained essentially unchanged. there were 15 mysteries, one for each of the 15 decades. in the 20th century the addition of the fatima prayer to the end of each decade became popular. after vatican council ii, msgr. annibale bugnini, architect of the liturgical reform, proposed further changes to the structure of the rosary, but pope paul vi refused to implement the proposal on the grounds that changing such a well-established and popular devotion would unsettle the piety of the faithful and show a lack of reverence for an ancient practice. there were thus no other changes until 2002 when john paul ii instituted five new luminous mysteries.
history of the rosary
the rosary was prominently featured in the apparitions of our lady of fátima reported by three portuguese children in 1917. the reported fatima messages place a strong emphasis on the rosary and in them the virgin mary is identified as "the lady of the rosary". according to lucia santos (one of the three children) in one of the apparitions the virgin mary has a rosary in one hand and a brown scapular in the other hand. reports of the fatima apparitions helped spread rosary devotions and a fatima prayer is now often added to the end of rosary recitations. the basilica of our lady of the rosary, fatima, was built at that site in 1953 and has fifteen altars, each dedicated to a mystery of the rosary.
rosary devotions and spirituality