Pope to mark 24th anniversary, change rosary
VATICAN CITY, Oct 15 Pope John Paul will mark his 24th
anniversary as pontiff on Wednesday by changing the rosary -- the
most universal and commonly known Catholic method of praying -- for
the first time in nine centuries.
According to Vatican sources, the Pope tomorrow will
issue a document proposing that Catholics meditate on five more
events in Christ's life in the new rosary, adding a further
layer of spirituality to the age-old prayer.
Changing one of Christianity's most fundamental prayers
after nearly a millennium will be a typical way for the
82-year-old Pope to crown 24 years of a pontificate marked by
bold initiatives sometimes taken against the advice of aides.
He was elected on October 16, 1978 as the first non-Italian
pontiff in 455 years and, at 58, was the youngest in 150 years.
Since then he has set record after record despite his
frailty, making history time after time.
He is the fifth-longest serving Pope in history, and, if he
lives five more months, will become the fourth-longest.
The most travelled Pope in history has made 240 trips in
Italy and abroad since his election.
He has travelled 1,237,584 kilometres (768,600 miles),
which, the Vatican statistics office is quick to note, is nearly
40 times the circumference of the Earth and more than three
times the distance between the
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