Appearing on Sunday at his studio window, Francis held up a rosary in
a box designed to resemble a packets of pills, before volunteers
distributed thousands of those boxes, which feature a design of a human
heart.
Francis said he was recommending reciting the rosary prayer as a "spiritual medicine" that is "good for the heart."
Francis' down-to-earth way of speaking, in a style ordinary people
can readily understand, is drawing larger than usual crowds to St.
Peter's Square for his traditional weekly appearances.
About 80,000
tourists and Romans packed the square on Sunday.