Catechesis on the Holy Rosary by Pope Leo XIII

The following is an extended excerpt from Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical on the Holy Rosary, Octobri Mense:  “4. But since the salvation of our race was accomplished by the mystery of the Cross, and since the Church, dispenser of that salvation after the triumph of Christ, was founded upon earth and instituted, Providence established a new order for a new people.…