Pope St. John Paul II, enthusiastic devotee of our Blessed Mother, in 2002 issued a pastoral letter entitled The Rosary of the Virgin Mary, in which he proclaimed October 2002 until October 2003 the Year of the Rosary, and put forth the Luminous Mysteries based on the public life of Jesus.
Papa St. John Paul II, shauku mja wa Mama yetu heri, mwaka 2002 alitoa barua ya wafugaji haki Rozari ya Bikira Maria, ambayo yeye alitangaza Oktoba 2002 hadi Oktoba mwaka 2003 ya Rozari, na kunyosha siri Luminous msingi juu ya maisha ya umma wa Yesu.