Cardinal Burke Launches Novena for the Universal Church as Conclave Approaches

Cardinal Burke Launches Novena for the Universal Church as Conclave Approaches

The novena to Our Lady of Good Counsel, which will take place in the month of Mary, begins May 1 and runs until May 9.

Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke has composed a prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe for the cardinals who will soon – hopefully guided by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit – elect a new Pope of the Catholic Church.  “In this time of turmoil for the Church and the world, pray to your Divine Son that the Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, His Mystical Body, may humbly submit to the promptings of the Holy Spirit,” reads the text of the prayer, formulated b…