Stressing the importance of the Memorare Prayer, which he recited to the crowd after the Angelus, the Holy Father made note of the appealing message given by Mary to a shepherd from the Genoa region in 1400.
“Genoa, May 18, 2008 / 12:29 pm (CNA).- At a meeting with young people in the northern Italian city of Savona, Pope Benedict XVI recited the Angelus prayer with the young people and invited them to trust in Mary. He recalled the words the Virgin Mary spoke to shepherd Benedict Pareto in the year 1400 urging him to build a shrine on Mount Figogna, the place where she appeared.” Full article here.
