“ Everyone can thank Pope Pius V and Our Blessed Mother and all Catholic Europe praying the Rosary for the defeat of the much stronger Turkish navy at Lepanto in 1571 that saved western civilization or we might all be muslims.”
Do you have any evidence that might demonstrate this is the cause??
It sounds like more of an assertion that is unprovable...
The rosary is about the life of Jesus and his Mother’s place in it. The Hail Mary is all about his incarnation.
On October 7, 1571, Pope St. Pius V equipped all the sailors of the fleet of the Holy League (a coalition of European Catholic maritime states) with rosaries, and they prayed them. As a result, they inflicted a major defeat on the Ottoman Empire and thereby saved Europe from a Muslim takeover.
Pope Pius v “ He called on every Christian in Europe to pray for victory. And the prayer he chose was the Rosary.”
p83 “Mary at the Crossroads of History” by Rev Francis J Hoffman, J.C.D.
The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary, is a feast day of the Roman Catholic Church, celebrated on 7 October, the anniversary of the decisive victory of the combined fleet of the Holy League of 1571 over the Ottoman navy at the Battle of Lepanto.