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The remarkable story behind Pope Leo’s new icon
Chicago-based iconographer Joseph Malham created a new sacred image for Pope Leo XIV as a gift from attorney Michael Airdo. Airdo, a long-time friend of the Pope, commissioned the work to honor the Pope's history with the Midwest Augustinians and their namesake, Our Mother of Good Counsel.
Airdo reached out to Malham after seeing his artwork to prepare a special gift for a planned trip to Rome. The icon serves to recognize the Pope's connection to the Augustinian province he joined in 1977 and to honor the protection of the Blessed Mother.
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