<P> In 1569 , the papal bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices by the Dominican Pope Pius V officially established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church . Saint Peter Canisius , a Doctor of the Church , who is credited with adding to the Hail Mary the sentence `` Holy Mary , Mother of God , pray for us sinners '' , was an ardent advocate of the rosary and promoted it ( and its Marian devotion in general ) as the best way to repair the damage done to the Church by the Reformation . </P>
<P> In 1569 , the papal bull Consueverunt Romani Pontifices by the Dominican Pope Pius V officially established the devotion to the rosary in the Catholic Church . Saint Peter Canisius , a Doctor of the Church , who is credited with adding to the Hail Mary the sentence `` Holy Mary , Mother of God , pray for us sinners '' , was an ardent advocate of the rosary and promoted it ( and its Marian devotion in general ) as the best way to repair the damage done to the Church by the Reformation . </P>
when did the rosary become a catholic devotion
when did the rosary become a catholic devotion
1569
1569