I find it outrageous that Pope John Paul II believes that unless he saves the day by tinkering with Our Lady's Rosary, the Rosary will fail!
Otherwise there is a risk that the Rosary would not only fail to produce the intended spiritual effects, but even that the beads, with which it is usually said, could come to be regarded as some kind of amulet or magic object. (RVM #28)
Unbelievable!
One motive behind this innovation is to undermine Our Lady of Fatima, who requested that Catholics say one third of the Rosary daily. Now that means 6.66 decades!
In RVM, the pope asks Catholics to stop saying the "Fatima Prayer" at the end of each decade! He does not name it specifically, but in #35 he desires that the "current practice" of ending each decade with a prayer of "custom" would "better" be replaced with some to-be-announced prayers specific to each mystery!
I have trouble believing that RVM was really written by John Paul II, whose reputation is of having a strong Marian devotion, especially for Our Lady of Fatima! In #38 the author of RVM believes that the "current practice" is to say the Glorious Mysteries on Sunday throughout the entire year! How could the pope have made such a mistake?
The association of Our Lady's Psalter with David's Psalter is intrinsic, and should not be tampered with.
#38 is also strange when the pope says that only contemplative religious and bed-ridden laypersons have the spare time to recite the full Rosary. I know many laypersons who have made the commitment to set aside the time throughout the day to recite all 15 decades. Roughly it means setting aside about 60 minutes or so from their busy schedules. But now, with the number of beads boosted to 200, this starts to approach the need for a layperson to set aside something more like an hour and a half from his schedule, and will thus discourage daily recitation of the full Rosary by laypersons!