Alison Girone
CV NEWS FEED // Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke on Sunday released a heartfelt statement calling Catholics to pray for Pope Leo XIV through the intercession of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
On the day Pope Leo XIV was officially installed as the Supreme Pontiff, Cardinal Burke issued the call on his shrine’s website.
“Let us daily assist Pope Leo by asking Our Lady of Guadalupe to guide and protect him,” he wrote. “We know the great tumult which marks our world and menaces the Church. Pope Leo has been chosen to be our shepherd in fighting the good fight with Christ, staying the course with Him on the way of the cross, and keeping true to Him in His holy Catholic Church. Let us not fail to assist him by our prayers.”
“Let us continue to count upon Our Lady of Guadalupe,” the Cardinal concluded, “to intercede for all the graces which Pope Leo needs to be a true shepherd of the Church throughout the world in these most difficult times. ¡Viva Cristo Rey! ¡Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe¡ ¡Viva el Papa! Long live Christ the King! Long live the Virgin of Guadalupe! Long live the Pope!”
Below his appeal, Cardinal Burke included a prayer, which readers can find here in English, Spanish, Latin, and several other languages.