Cardinal Blase Cupich performs a pagan Chinese ceremony

The prelate offered a pagan blessing dotting paint onto the lion's eyes, nose, mouth, ears and body while reciting the 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.