The bells of Assumption’s bell tower rang out this afternoon as the announcement was made: “Habemus Papam!” Pope Leo XIV is the second Pope from the Americas and the first Augustinian Pope. He received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University and his first graduate degree in Theology from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
The 5 PM Mass in the Chapel of the Holy Spirit today (May 8) will include prayers for the new Pope. All are invited.
Who is Pope Leo XIV?
For more information about Pope Leo XIV, see the article from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Prayer for Pope Leo XIV
O God, shepherd and ruler of all the faithful,
look favorably on your servant Leo XIV,
whom you have set at the head of your Church as her shepherd;
grant, we pray, that by word and example
he may be of service to those over whom he presides
so that, together with the flock entrusted to his care,
he may come to everlasting life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever. Amen.
—from the Roman Missal
