Cardinal Cupich performs Chinese 'lion-awakening' ritual prior to Mass.
On January 7, 2020, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, performed a Chinese ritual before Mass Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, Illinois. He said the following invocation: "Good fortune upon your head, miraculous light glittering to your eyes, your ears capturing sounds from all directions. May the most favorable auspicious big fortune and great profit be to you throughout the whole year, from the beginning all the way to the end.”