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Paus Pius XII... 

Rome saved on June 6, 1944

Pius xii thanking, June 11

riep in het voorjaar van 1944... 

alle Romeinen op bij de beeltenis te bidden voor het behoud van de stad. 

Nadat de stad behouden bleef, riep Pius - tijdens een bezoek aan het heiligdom - Onze-Lieve Vrouwe van de Goddelijke Liefde uit tot Salvatrix, Verlosseres, van de Stad Rome. 

De populariteit van het heiligdom wordt onderstreept door het feit dat overal in de stad Rome aediculae te zien zijn met de beeltenis van de Madonna van de Goddelijke Liefde.

Pius xii, in 1954

To you, O Mary, are known... 

all the needs of your people and of the whole Church. 

Mother of Truth, and Seat of Wisdom... 

dissipate the clouds of error which darken our minds. 

Amend the strayings [dwalingen] of our hearts... 

and inspire in us love for truth and the desire to do good.

Obtain for all people a holy fear of God... 

so that society may know happiness. 

Give us lively faith that we may trust... 

in those things which are imperishable [onvergankelijk]. 

Give us that love which is sealed forever in God. 

Obtain for families fidelity, harmony, and peace. 

Stir up and confirm in the hearts of those who govern nations... 

a clear notion of their responsibility, and of their duty... 

to foster religion, morality, and the common good.

And just as Your Mercy is showered upon souls, O Mary... 

may it likewise flow over all those ills which afflict this people 

and indeed the whole Christian family. 

Have pity on the poor, on captives...

on all who bear persecution for the sake of justice...

or are stricken by misfortune. 

Hail, O Mary... 

Mother of those who wander here below.

You are our Life, our Sweetness, and our Hope.

O Mother of Divine Love... 

send down your motherly blessing on all who pray to you.

Send it abundantly and consolingly.

Amen. 

-Pius xii-