When the world shut down during the COVID pandemic in 2020, devout Catholic and Mexican celebrity Eduardo Verástegui began live-streaming himself praying the Rosary on social media every day.
His intention? Uniting a million people in prayer. This venture went on for around two years.
Eduardo Verástegui said:
"I’ve been praying the Rosary, by the Grace of God, since 2004. But then on social media, I started praying the Rosary in 2020, March 22nd - that's the first one. From there on, it was like, two years every day on social media, Facebook, Instagram... And now, I'm doing it once in a while. You know, it's very difficult to be connected on Instagram or social medianow that the world's open. When I started doing that [daily Rosary live on social media], it was when all the churches were closed because of the pandemic. But now,I started again this past Sunday because this is the most important event in our life right now, which is for the cardinals to elect the new Pope. And we're going to have a new Pope very soon. And what can we do as Catholics? Pray and fast. So, I started last Sunday inviting everyone, and it's been millions of people praying the rosary on social media, especially on Facebook. And, I’m going to continue that until the white smoke comes out. And then we will continue, of course, praying for the Pope. Right now, this is just for the election of the Pope.
He continued in Spanish, saying what he would pray for:
“A Pope molded by the heart of Jesus. Faithful and loyal to Christ. Faithful to doctrine, to the Magisterium, to tradition, to Catholic tradition. After he is elected, we must pray for him to have a good papacy.”