Pope Francis

Viva la Papa!
The Conclave is at an end.
We have a NEW HOLY FATHER..
Today, Cardinal Bergoglio of Argentina was elected to be our New Pope. He chose the name of Francis.

To the right is a link with information about our new Spiritual Leader.

Prayers For the Newly Elected Pope

O God, who in your providential design
willed that your Church be built
upon blessed Peter, whom you set over the other apostles,
look with favor, we pray, on N. our Pope,
and grant that he, whom you have made Peter’s successor,
may be for your people a visible source and foundation
of unity in faith and of communion.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.
Or:
O God, Shepherd and ruler of all the faithful,
Look favorably on your servant N,
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,
one God, forever and ever. Amen.

- Collect, Masses and Prayers for Various Needs and Occasions: 2. For the Pope, from the New Roman Missal