Prayer for Pope Leo XIV

In accordance with tradition, white-and-gold bunting has been draped around the front doors of our parish churches in honor of the election of Pope Leo XVI. We join Catholics around the world in celebrating our new pontiff and take special pride in his Chicago roots.

​May the good Lord bless you, Pope Leo, and may you bring your values as an Augustinian friar to the papacy. ​

A Prayer for the Pope:
Lord, source of eternal life and truth, give to your shepherd a spirit of courage and right judgment, a spirit of knowledge and love. By governing with fidelity those entrusted to his care, may he, as successor to the Apostle Peter and Vicar of Christ, build your Church into a sacrament of unity, love and peace for all the world. Amen.​​