A Novena for Pope Francis: Day IX – “Successor to the Apostle Peter” (Bishop Michael Duca)

The entire Church mourns the death of our Holy Father, Pope Francis. Join diocesan leaders from the Diocese of Baton Rouge over these next nine days (the “novendiales” as directed by the College of Cardinals) to pray this novena, asking God to bestow his infinite mercy on the man who served the Church as Bishop of Rome. The daily novena consists of a short reading from Scripture or some other ecclesiastical text and some brief prayers, including orations drawn from the Roman Missal and the Order of Christian Funerals. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord! #PopeFrancis