The 88-year-old Pope paused to pray before the venerated icon of the Virgin Mary known as Salus Populi Romani, according to a ...

We ask it through your sacred heart, O Lord, who live and reign with the father and the Holy Spirit one God, world without end. Amen.

Pilgrims brought rosaries and prayer intentions to press against more than 500 reliquaries, seeking heavenly intercession.