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Chicago artist creates Marian icon for Pope Leo XIV, who will keep the image in his bedroom

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Chicago iconographer Joseph Malham created an icon of Our Lady of Good Counsel for Pope Leo XIV. The Pope received the artwork during a private audience in his library and intends to keep the image in his bedroom for personal prayer.

Chicago attorney Michael Airdo commissioned Malham to produce the icon as a gift for a planned trip to the Vatican. Airdo chose the subject of Our Lady of Good Counsel to honor the Pope's Augustinian roots, as the devotion is central to the Augustinian tradition. The Pope previously traveled to the Basilica Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, to pray before the original image.

Malham completed the icon within a one-week timeframe following Airdo's request. Airdo later shared a photograph of the Pope holding the finished work during their meeting in Rome.

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