Cardinal O Malley poses for a photo with Sister Giovanna Fratelli and Sister Oliva Pacheco at the house of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master on Saturday, Dec. 5. Pilot photo/CardinalSeansBlog.org
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This week, to mark the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph being declared the patron of the Universal Church, the Holy Father called for a year dedicated to St. Joseph. Of course, we know that the Holy Father, like Pope John XXIII, has long had a great devotion to St. Joseph. When Pope Francis became a bishop, he included the lilies of St. Joseph in his coat of arms. Pope John XXIII added the name of St. Joseph to the Roman Canon, and Pope Francis has now extended the inclusion of the prayer to St. Joseph to all the canons of the Mass.